Howdy Steemians!

How are you all today? My fog from yesterday has lifted again, it’s sunny outside (which always helps, and might mean I can go for a dip in the river this evening), and of course it is Summer Solstice today. So…

Happy Solstice

…to all of you. The longest day, the shortest night, and such a powerful day in the year.

I wanted to share another drawing of mine with you today, in advance of creating a series of ‘how-to’ drawing posts. If any of you are interested in this series, I’d be really interested to hear any questions you have or specific topics you’d like me to cover in the comments.

This piece of mine is the largest and most detailed pencil drawing I’ve done to date. It is based on one of my own, original reference photographs I took during a trip to London in 2016, during which I focussed on some #streetphotography - when I got home, I realised that I was excited to take one of my shots one step further - and turn it into a drawing.

This piece is called Thursday, it measures 40cm by 40cm and took 40+ hours to draw.

The reason I wanted to show you this piece is in response to a lot of questions I’ve had about equipment required for drawing. This piece was completed using 4 very accessible tools: 1. Cartridge paper 2. 2B pencil 3. 4B pencil 4. pencil eraser

And that’s it!

For me that’s the true joy of drawing with graphite- it’s completely inclusive, and you only need to spend a couple of pounds / dollars to get started. Sure, there are lots of other tools you can get your hands on which can add all sorts of exciting effects, and make certain things easier- but - as I hope this piece shows - you don’t have to have them to get started with drawing.

Hope you’re all having a fantastic day! Don’t forget to leave me questions and topics for my how-to series in the comments - and if you fancy it, I’d love a resteem and upvote :)

Eveningart x