'Siblings' - 2015 - (Drawing)

'Siblings' - 2015 - (Drawing)

©2015 *Stevegillettart

This is a completed commission drawing of my client and her brothers. This drawing is taken from THREE different photos. My clients brother who is sitting in front of her has previously had two strokes and in the original photo was looking away from the camera. I had to take his face from another photo and transfer it onto this family drawing. Also the brother in the top right lives in Australia and was not in the original photo so, again I had to take him from another photo and add him to his brothers and sister. I hope you all think it works?

Please let me know what you think. Feel free to leave constructive criticism, comment or a critique.

Size - A4

Time - 18 hours (approx)

Tools of the trade -

Daler Rowney Bristol Board paper (250 g/m2)
Papermate HB Mechanical pencil
Faber Castell 6H, 6B & 8B pencils
Derwent embossing tools
Tombow Mono Zero eraser (2.5mm x 5mm + 2.3mm)
Derwent battery eraser
Maped Technic 600 eraser
Craft knife (for pencil sharpening)
Cotton bud (for blending and smudging)
Natural small sea sponge (smudging)
Blending stick (stump or tortillion)
Sandpaper (for making graphite powder)
Reeves Round 5 paintbrush
Reeves 1/2 inch paintbrush
Pilot Frixonball (for signature)