Jared Padalecki

[eye_of_toad]

This is a warm-up that I'm counting more toward my "fill up sketchbook #11" goal more than my "re-draw Jared Padalecki" goal.



The big thing I need to figure out — that after years of practicing this same drawing over and over I still have never even really attempted — is how to accurately depict stubble. How the heck do you draw stubble?! I can't wrap my brain around it and thus far I've kind of just given up and added a lot of rough scribbles as an afterthought. (Every time I do this, I sort of curse my choice of a stubble photo. Why didn't a pick a clean-shaven photo reference? Why didn't I just pick a woman to draw for my art-progress comparison? Why Mr. Scruff?)

I will attempt another version of this sometime this month and see if I can't put actual effort into the stubble (and the eyelashes and eyebrows ... basically all the short hair is hard).

Anyhow, here's my Jared Padalecki collection to date:

2017 April Crayola colored pencils sketchbook #1	2018 January Faber-Castell colored pencils sketchbook #1	2018 August 6b graphite pencil sketchbook #3
2019 October Pilot Precise pen + water sketchbook #3	2020 December Blick markers Faber-Castell colored pencils sketchbook #5	2022 September Blick markers Copic markers Faber-Castell colored pencils sketchbook #11

Progress? (I don't think the new one is that much better of a result than the 2020 version, but I know I spent a lot less time and effort on it, so I feel there's a definite improvement in the ratio of effort-to-results.)

Comments

[amberdreams]

Stubble is hard! You can use little dots, or a smudge of something dark, I suppose. I share your dilemma!

stubble

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I think I'm going to try to go bigger for the drawing and then use my smallest fine-liner for the stubble. (I used a brown "ultra-fine" Sharpie on this latest one and Sharpie's definition of "ultra-fine" is still pretty thick.) Unfortunately, the only fine-liner I have in "005" is black and I think that will be too stark and unnatural looking. In other words, I may be rationalizing another art supply purchase this month. :-)

Re: stubble

[amberdreams]

I'm coninually amazed that I have a room full of art supplies and yet always seem to be missing that one crucial thing... 😂
Good luck with your search for a stubble pen!

art supplies

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Right? There's always just one more art supply I need to be complete. Just one. I swear this is the last art supply order. ... until the next thing I desperately need to have.