26
Sep
I drew a butterfly the other day. You can see it in the Gallery.
I used a generic bright white non-acid, wood free A4 sized paper. To achieve the large range of values, I used Caran d'Arche graphite 6B, 3B, F, and 4H. The drawing took around 7 hours to draw over 3 sittings.
I like the feel of this drawing. I tried to work on three planes. The out of focus flowers in the background then a little more detail in the flowers and branches but not too much to take away from the subject. Then very dark values and more detail to bring all the focus onto the butterfly.
It was also my intention to keep it looking like a drawing and not a copy of a photo.
