The Surprise Portrait

Hello steemians and great members of @worldofxpilar. How is your day going in your respective countries? I hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the euphoria of the moment life offers us!? I'm here to share my realistic graphite drawing of my recent job.

This might be one of my fastest job. It took me only two days to complete it.
My friend Odudu Ekan commissioned it. I feel so happy to achieve such speed because I always waste quality time creating my piece. I will learn how to create masterpiece with speed so I can take in more order and accomplish more feats in a short time.

Materials

Paper	Needle Point.
Size	08 X 10 inches
Pencils	Fei Yan Graphite pencil are Graphite powder
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and nataraj vinyl eraser
Camera	Infinix mobile phone
Duration	Approximately 7 hrs
Location	Home

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait.
I drew my grid lines and made my sketch then started shading it gradually. Starting from the eyes, nose, hair and down to the neck before shading his shirt. Though the whole work is marvelous but I did a great job on the face in particular.

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Close Range Shot

Finishing

Framed

Reference

Before I forget. @mercybliss I can do small size like this for you on your birthday for just a token. Let's talk about it on WhatsApp. Here is my WhatsApp number: +2348131371374

I love to appreciate you for checking my blog and artwork as well.
Happy steeming 💙