Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Pirate in Graphite


 This handsome Pirate is from a Brain Stretch by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School. I drew this fellow using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Mechanical Pencil and a Blackwing Matte Pencil. The drawing is on Strathmore recycled drawing paper. I used a Vanish Eraser and blending stump for shading.

A dot in each eye with a Sharpie Creative Marker, works for the two highlights.

This drawing was most certainly a challenge, I'm so happy to have worked on it!

Challenge:

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2025/08/260-polkadoodles.html 


4 comments:

Deanne Saunders said...

So cool!!! Thanks so much for participating in our 613 AVENUE CREATE challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

Megan J said...

Hi Carla, a stunning drawing, love the depth you are able to add with just one pencil and one pen. Thank you for sharing with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw... Megan DT LPoCF

Chana Malkah said...

Beautiful pencil work! Thanks for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana

Tee said...

Beautiful shading on your pirate! Thank you for sharing with us @ 613 Avenue Create.