Tonal Painting of a Cattleya Orchid by keenart
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Description
This tonal and monochrome drawing completed on CP 140 lb watercolor paper is one of my rare Graphite drawings (I have very little time to draw).
The Orchid drawn is one of the exotic varieties of the Blue Cattleya. The drawing was completed with a Derwent Graphite 24 9H to 9B pencil set.
The delicate pencil lines get lost in the smudging of tones, a "no-no" for the pencil purest, but my favorite way to "paint" with pencil.
Comments (15)
cece7894
Beautiful portrait!
Mondwin
Magnificent and beauty picture...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
koosievantutte
very fine drawing, jan - do you know that derwent has wate soluble graphite pencils too?
Hopey44
Thats lovely! I'm a mad orchid enthusiast and hats an excellent Cattleya! In response to "koosievantutte"s comment, you can also get graphite powder. Perfect for 'pencil painting'!! Hopey44(sadly now 47)
auntietk
Oh my ... this is wonderful! I love the way you've used your pencils, purists be damned! Gorgeous work ... it absolutely glows, and that's not a quality I generally associate with pencil work! Spectacular.
zhaanman
Love the detail and shading!!
helanker
OH WOW ! What a super duper wonderful drawing. I dont think it can get more beautiful than this. What a super talent you are and it is really a pitty you dont have more time for drawing. A big pitty. You could easily sell them.
Cosme..D..Churruca
great realization!
ARTWITHIN
Your realism is always spectacular to me. Wonderful tonal work. I wish you had more time to draw, Jan. You really capture all the fine nuances of the tonal changes. It is as though I can feel the variations to touch. A true pleasure to view.
tennesseecowgirl
lovely image~
locust9
That is freaking amazing.
psyoshida
This is just beautiful! I love it.
dread_siren
lovely orchids! I too find little time to enjoy the good old fashioned pencil... feeling the itch to bust out the art supplies
ppetersen
Incredible and for someone who works in graphite on occasion I do love seeing when a picture is smudged, it surely does give it that painterly feel. Excellent work and use of light...
DivineRAiN
oh Wow! This is gorgeous.