A BUFFALO FOR LEIGH

This is a "pencil" of my wife Leigh. This piece was drawn with the full intention of doing a tutorial on ArtWanted but it turned into something of an adventure of sorts for myself and many artists who chose to "sit-in" on this class.

I started the tutorial with the techniques that I use to get my reference on to the last stroke of my pencil. To break everyone in on a "pencil" they were familiar with, I started with my self-portrait "HEAVEN AT 10,000 FEET" and on into Leigh's portrait. I started "A PENCIL FOR LEIGH" tutorial on February 21, 2004. 24 days and 134 total posts later I finished up. I only had roughly 24 hours of total "pencil" time on the drawing but the tutorial probably took 60 more hours alone.

This was a tutorial but it turned into a "true labor of love." Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Denny "The Buffalo" Karchner



A PENCIL FOR LEIGH

The original is 8"x 9" overall. It is drawn on medium weight, hot press Crescent Illustration Board. German made Faber-Castell Drawing Pencils were used. The majority of the "pencil' was done with a #4 lead, while the remainder was darkened with a #6 and #8 leads.