#graphite powder

In the spirit of Ghostbusters making its yearly rounds on movie channels, here is a graphite powder portrait of Harold Ramis, AKA Dr. Egon Spengler.

(Tried to upload the process vid twice, tumblr no like, so go here to see it!)

Been meaning to do this for a while but finally: the full(ish) set of the drawings I did for Mab Graves' Drawlloween challenge in October 2024. In no particular order; technically I think about 5 are missing? Two are larger drawings I'm still working on, two are more just sketches, and one I just, uh, really don't like and doesn't really fit because I did it in marker and all these are in graphite. I tried to include all the prompts/days in the image descriptions.

I've participated in Drawlloween before, but this was the first year I actually tried to do every single day of the full list. I was able to prepare 5-6 drawings in advance, but I quickly went through those and was drawing and uploading in the same day about halfway through the month, I want to say. I'm a bit of two minds about the experience-- I liked that it really forced me to make time to draw and forced me to pick subjects that I don't usually tackle, but it was a bit stressful in that I felt pressure to post and shame and disappointment when my engagement dropped a lot in the second week. A good personal challenge perhaps, but if I do participate next year I'll definitely try and have more done beforehand and try and be a bit more detached from the social media side of things....

I finally remembered to take a photo of my outfit! Quite classic but on trend with this autumn’s vibe (and all things I already had in my wardrobe!).

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-2/5 secondhand

-1/5 vintage

Today’s 5 hours of drawing focused on light and negative space, using a rather messy graphite powder and more solid sticks of graphite. I did find this quite challenging as it’s not quite my preferred medium but I enjoyed the experiment :)

Additionally, I began a tonal study on the effects of light on the fabric elements yet I may take an even smaller section to really capture the movement of the satin which is quite difficult to replicate.

Our Sky

graphite and metal leaf, 5x8.75 inches