Sketchbook session: study of a Nicolai Fechin portrait

In the third part of this sketchbook series I’ll be doing another master study exercise: this time of a portrait drawing by Nicolai Fechin. Hope you’ve enjoyed!

The drawing took 45 mins - but I’ve sped up a little to make watching easier.

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Sketchbook exercises including warm ups:    • Sketchbook session: 4 exercises to ge...  

Equipment:
blackwing matte pencil and sharpener (but any pencil is fine)
eraser - I love a tombow mono zero and a kneaded eraser
smudging - paper stump
sketchbook - moleskine art book

Key moments:
materials: 00:00
initial sketch: 00:22
Fechin’s artwork: 02:46
smudging: 06:06
refining facial features: 07:39
hair: 12:13
finishing touches: 14:46
-finished drawing: 18:36

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