Superman: Getting Close

I switched to graphite for this drawing and took my time on it. I wanted to do the best I could.

I think I finally captured the likeness of Christopher Reeve but I need a lot of work on how I’m shading the face. I had to pull in some ink on this one to get the higher value that I was wanting but I think that through off the whole drawing. Tomorrow I’m going to start this one again and keep it more simple with just graphite and go for higher contrast just with the graphite alone.

What went well?

This is the best likeness of Christopher Reeve out of all the drawings.

What didn’t go so well?

The shading is too haphazard.

What did I learn?

Bringing in a very dark medium like ink will through off all the other values for graphite.

Session Details

Session: 2565
Work: 1644
Width: 14
Height: 18
Medium: Graphite, Ink
Art Time: 3 hrs

Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink, Superman

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.