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RTyson — Asmi and Monkey Uncle
Published: 2007-09-06 19:21:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 2347; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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This is a drawing for my friend I have drawn it as a gift to welcome him to the UK as he has just arrived here to study. He told me he was really going to miss his little niece Asmi, who calls him Monkey Uncle
and showed me her picture...so I drew it for him. It took me around 24 hours, I think.
WIP 1 [link]
WIP 2 [link]
WIP 3 [link]
WIP 4 [link]
WIP 5 [link]
Stats A4 Bristol Board
2H, HB wood pencils and HB, 3B & 4B mechanical pencils
I struggled a bit getting a half decent photo, but you lot already know how they never look as good anyway so I wont fret....as long as the original looks okay to Shiv when he gets it.
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Comments: 52
I bet it looks fabulous in real life. I just bet it does. @_@
Anyway, it looks good enough here! Your work is so intricate... eep. I love the way you render blacks, like the hair, while retaining a depth and volume to them, so they're not too distracting from paler areas.
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Ruth !! this is fantastic!! 
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I m finally able to comment on this 
Ah btw I went to St.Andrews today , with the italian girl of course 
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Yay Shiv!! I'm so happy that you like it so much! 
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yeahmaybe in a couple of weeks for sure..my life s a mess now 
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I love the title and this beautiful drawing certainly lives up to the title in charm and delight. Brilliantly done.
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Beautiful finish Ruth! I like the details on her little t- shirt and of both of their expressions. I'm sure there'll be tears of joy...
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thanks Dina. I'm looking forward to hearing from him when he gets it
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awww shiv!!! he will love it for sure! what a good friend you are!
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Yay for Shiv!!! thanks Nadia
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nothing to fret here, looks so perfect to me, such details for pencil work, amazing
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Loooooooking great ruth as usual ! and what a great present he will love it,
very kind of you
infact if I can think of a good enough excuse can I get a drawing ? please ? I am off to the shops tommorrow and will be gone for at least half an hour does that deserve one ????
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Thanks Simon!
hmm... let me see....half an hour shopping?...not quite moving half way around the world on your own now, is it? I've got an idea...you do me...and I'll do you!!! when you've got a spare mo...maybe about 15-20 years?!
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I'm sure he's absolutely going to love it, this is a really thoughtful gift to give him. I have a quick question for you... how do you keep the really dark areas of graphite from becoming really 'reflective'? I find that, whenever I try to use it and get to a dark spot, it gets a horrible shine to it. I absolutely hate the glare of the light hitting it, since you can't really see the picture anymore, so I'm wondering if you have any tricks that you use? I've been told that just layering the graphite is a way to go, or to use a workable fixative (mind you, I haven't tested that method yet) but in the end it just doesn't seem to become as dark as I want it.
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Thanks
I'm afraid I don't really know, this does have some shine, especially on the hair. I find that if I want my blacks really black then layering doesn't work, the softest pencil needs to go straight onto the paper. Spraying with fixative does help a little by diffusing some of the light, but not completely. I took the photo of this before I sprayed it. I have a method for taking photos to eliminate the shine. I photo them in a room with two windows so the light source isn't from one place and I put my drawing upright on a wheelie chair and move it around the room so that it is between the light sources but not facing them (if you know what I mean) then keep my camera parallel to the paper and keep taking shots, with the flash off, adjusting the position if I see any shine. I've pretty much got the hang of it now in that I know roughly the position of the chair for the best photo.
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Ah ok, good to know that I'm not goind something totally wrong then. 
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There is a tendency with your work to look for technically perfect images, mainly due to your heightened proficiencies in art, particularly with pencil drawings. That would be a mistake here, as I can see that you drew this with your heart, and rather than approaching it as a technical objective, you came at it with caring eyes. And that is what shows here. Caring eyes. It is at once a blissful piece and a lovely gift well worth waiting for.
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Thank you Denis...I did indeed approach this differently...I was sneakings and just used a pic Shiv once linked me to as I wanted to see his reaction when he first realised I was drawing one for him...had it been planned, it would have not been as much fun for me.
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It looks beautiful! Oh, he's going to love it!!! You did an excellent job 
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Thanks Erika....he phoned me today
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Yeah, airplane rides tend to drain out your energy 
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Yeah, i bet he's dying to see it
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Stunning what more can you say and i bet he has a tear or two in his eye's when he gets this
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Thanks David...I hope it helps him feel a little happier about being so far away from is family.
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