With honor, this article is about a pencil drawing or sketch and prints Veterans at American Legion Post 867, Mundelein, Illinois, and written by artist and United States Navy Veteran, Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery. Congratulations American Legion Post 867!
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Pencil Drawing For American Legion Drawing #288Z
- Clinker Stylus Sketch
The pencil drawing is done with a 6B lead. As I came into the post this morning for coffee, just after 8:15 AM, I sat with my fellow Veterans and then got myself a cup of coffee. I came into the post with my satchel that has all of my drawing materials. Because I am a Veteran I love drawing images and portraits of fellow Veterans.
Returning from the kitchen with my mug of coffee sat at a table and joined in on the conversation. Shortly after I sat down I pulled out my paper and pencils and started to draw. My subject turned out to be two dear men that sat across from me at the table.
As usual, I lightly draw out the figure then move in with more detail and accuracy. The first image that I drew was of Rich Slovak. You can see the lightly penciled in circles that make up his head. I have made use of bold contour lines to outline his head and the used hatching and cross-hatching to give shade and shadows to the form.
To the right of Rich is Glenn. I have moved the two men closer together so that they fit into the picture, in reality they are further apart. Like with the drawing of Rich, my sketch of Glenn starts out loose and light and then I focus in on the details. Glenn, unlike Rich, is waring glasses. Glasses can be difficult to work with as they can distort the contour of the face. Further, doing shading with glasses can get tedious, which defeats the point of line drawings.
Contour Lines
I like to make use of contour lines to bring out the structured of the image. I am careful to blend contour lines with the shading so that the image does not look flattened.
When I have finished delineating the images I then put a nice touch of tone to the background with horizontal lines rushing upwards. The drawing took about 10 minutes to do.
Condren Galleries Ltd. for American Legion Drawing #288Z
- Fine Arts Gallery
Condren Galleries is pleased to have been to participate in the execution of watercolor house portrait #000Z.
Stephen F. Condren for American Legion Drawing #288Z
- Artist
As an artist I have made American Legion drawing #288Z a staple of my portraiture works.
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American Legion drawing #288Z pen & ink drawing with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren at Condren Galleries.
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