David Gilmour

       This is part two of the previous post concerning shading and the use of value, while using a pencil.  No he is not Jesus, although strikingly similar in appearance, this is David Gilmour, lead singer and guitarist for the band Pink Floyd.  I was inspired to draw him specifically because of my interest in him as an artist, and the music he produces.  This was more difficult than the profile view of James Hetfield because it was a close up, detailed photo to begin with, not to mention the amount of hair I had to work through.  I ended up giving the basic shade with a pencil and using the eraser to lighten the lines in his beard, as well as the rest of his hair.  Although I had very little experience drawing people (let alone their faces) coming into this, I was even more satisfied with my end result on this second time around, making this my favorite art work I have done in a while.   

James Hetfield

       This is a large-scale pencil drawing of James Hetfield done by gridding the origional photo, and scaling it up for the final picture.  This project was intended to provide practice in the use of value while shading the human face.  This two-part project began here with the profile veiw of James Hetfield, lead guitarist and vocals for the band Metallica.  Part two will be posted later with a frontal view of a different artist.  It was cool to attempt something like this that I had never done before, and ultimately I was very proud of the result.