Update on current drawings

It's been a while since I last posted an update on the gorilla portrait. I have not worked any more on him lately but have so much little left to do that it would be a shame not to finish him (considering all the work I put in it so far)! Hopefully, I'll get back to him this week sometime or the next.

The horse drawing is coming along nicely, although the middle horse needs more blending in the darker areas to fill in all the tooth of the paper. I'd like to finish this one within the next few weeks as I have a large commission to work on once I receive all the ref photos. Let's hope I get good reference material this time!

Happy Canada Day to fellow Canadians!

Gorilla Drawing update pencil on drafting film

Had a chance to work on this old fella tonight. The fur on the face is sure taking long to do. He sorta looks funny with his mid forehead stripe...the fur lays in all directions in that area and it is very short and so I felt I wanted to tackle this near the end of the drawing.

Progress on Gorilla portrait

Pencil work is easily transported so I have decided to resume working on this piece once a week (or until my bird pastel painting is done) while my daughter attends her classes in the city.

I'm undecided on how much of the drawing area I will be cropping so I rather draw more of the gorilla now rather than later.

Drawing of Mountain Gorilla on drafting film

During this sitting I have been mainly concentrating on the wrinkled skin below the gorilla's eyes. The background appears a dull gray due to the backing paper. This is due to the support (drafting film) being translucent.

Mountain Gorilla drawing on the easel

Last spring, I took several photo of a huge silver back male at Disney's Animal Kingdom. I just loved the expression in his eyes on this pose and so cropped out much of the background and body and decided to make this my next project. I am working in colored pencils on drafting film.