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Published: 2017-08-05 16:07:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 5899; Favourites: 235; Downloads: 69
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Graphite pencil drawing of an Ari girl, from Ethiopia, on A4 Daler Rowney Airbrush Bristol board.Pencils: Mars Lumograph (F, 2B, 4B), Koh-I-Noor Progresso Woodless (8B, 6B, 2B, HB), Faber Castell 9000 (6B, 8B), mechanical pencils 0.2mm/2B, 0.3mm/2B, 0.5mm/4B with Pentel Ain Stein leads.
Blending: Blending stump from Boldmere, paper tissues, cotton buds and Daler-Rowney D88 Dalon brush.
Indentation: Royal Langnickel embossing tools.
Erasing: WH Smith kneadable eraser, Tombow Mono Zero Ultra-fine eraser and Jakar battery electric eraser.
Photo adjustment of the photo of the drawing so that it closely resembles the drawing itself using GIMP: Removal of barrel distortion; Cropping to A4 ratio and removal of perspective distortion; Cropping unfinished edges of drawing; Adjustment of histogram.
The reference that I used, of this lovely girl, was photographed by Dietmar Temps in Key Afar in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and I thank him for giving his photograph,www.flickr.com/photos/deepblue… a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence permitting derivative works.
Drawing process photos and notes are here: and an animation is here:
Here are some of the other drawings that I made from photos taken by Dietmar Temps:
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Thanks again, Paul, and also again for the fave.
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Thank you very much, Mark.
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Thank you very much, Simone, and thanks too for the fave of this and my 'Black Lo Lo girl' drawing.
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Thank you very much, Eduardo, and thanks too for the 'Watch'.
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It is an honor for me, thanks to you, regards and appreciation
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And thanks yet again, Nuno.
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Thank you very much, Colin, and thank you also for the fave.
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Thank you very much, Isabel.
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The satisfaction of looking at your art cannot be described with words.
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Thank you very much, Mila. That I can give pleasure to others with my drawings encourages me to continue to draw.
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You are Incredible! All of these portraits are tremendous and this is no exception! Great Work!
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Thank you very much, Timothy, and thank you too for adding this to your favourites.
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Thank you very much, Linda, and thanks too for the fave on this and the other drawings.
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Always my pleasure, luv. 
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The shading on her braids is absolutely perfect. I can FEEL the texture
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Thank you very much, Joni. I had put off drawing this for some months because of the braids and fuzzy hair between them but it was not difficult at all.
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Thank you very much, Vasilis (although I think you mean drawing!) and thanks too for adding this to your favourites.
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Thank you very much, Sheri, and thank you also for adding this to your favourites.
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Your welcome! Your work is amazing! I am quite envious.
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Wow, incredible work as always! It boggles my mind how you make these portraits so realistic!
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Thank you very much, Jessica, and thank you too for adding this drawing to your favourites.
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Thank you very much, Michael and thank you too for the 'Watch'.
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your portraits are really amazing! you have such a good sense of values! keep on doing the good stuff, nice job 
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Thank you very much, Gustavo, and thank you also for adding this drawing to your favourites.
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Thank you very much, Agnieszka, and thank you also for adding this drawing to your favourites.
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Thank you very much, Nuno, and thanks too for the fave.
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Thank you very much, Clariece, and thanks too for adding it to your favourites.
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Of course its lovely.
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