Hyperrealistic Owl Drawing/ 60 hour Time-lapse

Hey everyone, here’s the newest piece that I've done. This one measure 30x20 inches and was done on Strathmore 400 series paper with carbon and charcoal. The thing is that I ended up drawing on the wrong side of the paper. Normally if you draw on the proper side its nice and smooth with a little bit of tooth, but overall one of my favourite papers to use. However I wasn't paying much attention when griding my paper and sketching it out. Because of that I was using the back side and didn't even notice. It wasn't until I started to actually draw on it that I realized I had messed up. The back side of the paper is super toothy, way more than I had ever used in the past, but instead of completely restarting everything, which at this point was about 10hours in, I decided to make it a challenge for myself. To see how smooth and detailed I can get on a very rough and high toothed paper. It honestly felt like I was drawing on a tight canvas.
Anyways I think it turned out okay, It’s definitely not my best but it's not bad. I definitely wont be making that mistake again haha.

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Time: 60 hours

Paper: strathmore 400 series

Pencils: Wolffs carbon pencils 2B, 4B, 6B
Artist Loft compressed charcoal
Artist lost Kneaded eraser
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Photo reference:
Special thanks to Jean van der Meulen
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