THE STEEM LADY - Charcoal Pencil and Pastel drawing (step by step) by queeirisa

art · @queeirisa · Oct 23 '19 (edited)

$10.19

THE STEEM LADY - Charcoal Pencil and Pastel drawing (step by step)

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/2b0db17bcb298fcebfb6fcc8f4486454a21a8b54.jpg)

Hi guys!!!😘
As promised, I'm sharing my latest piece with us and showing you how it's made from scratch. I have some empty wall spaces in my house that needed some piece of art that I could hang on them. I craved a spice besides the nature, abstract and wildlife art pieces I already had. 
So last week, I stumbled on the photograph of this beautiful lady on steemit sign up page. I call her "THE STEEM LADY" (Sorry I'm not good at giving names)☺️. Recognise her now?? For those still wondering, you can check her out on the sign up page😉. Well, some things that caught my attention to the picture was it's black and white effect, the big smile on her face, sparkling white teeth, cheeks, shades and her hair. 
Hence, I decided to make her the subject of my next piece. Been on this for about a week now and finally completed it today. This was done in charcoal and pastel medium. For artists who would like to try this out, these are the materials used. 
• A black and white charcoal pencil for darkness and highlights respectively
• A white catridge cardboard paper.
• Natarag eraser for highlights and erasing.
• Soft pastels for the colourful background.
• Smudger for blending and shading.
They are readily available at art shops.



STEP 1
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/6bd58ce06edfea8b1cbff6a5d549fd8ba55e5e9d.jpg)

I sketched out the shape where I was going to draw the face and also the did a rough sketch of the face. It was really hectic because the paper wasnt so large and I had to manage every space on it.

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/f336579c6a4ced88bb23075ec933ee442397feed.jpg)

Dont judge me, I know the sketch ain't pretty too😄




STEP 2
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/baeef91e01d46c2d3d83380a7141338f61bd73fe.jpg)

After so much errors and erasing in the sketch, I finally got a satisfactory result. I created the darkness of her shades with my black charcoal pencil.

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/562d592c4d792f88bb3c9c9151dfbcf279566963.jpg)

Went further to create the darkness of her cheeks, lips, mouth and hair

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/45b719e7e0f1e5ea4a56857d3a1dda057ad1b5bf.jpg)

At this point, this was looking like a weird bearded guy.😄




STEP 3
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/e62f9a476c105e6715790acb66cd566ab397420a.jpg)

I used the charcoal dust from the hair to create the background while leaving the space for her hand. The background was blended using a smudger.




STEP 4
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/7fd95463d8a594dc47a52f47fad007a09c20eec1.jpg)

Here, I started shading the face and shades with my smudger and at the same time, creating highlights with my eraser.

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/09ff988bf2d2a3b70109b24b004cfa4d9a662793.jpg)

I used my eraser to create highlights on the hair and teeth. I started shading the hands at this point (drawing of the hands is probably the most demanding part of creating this piece).😬




STEP 5
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/f4b324f8666bd8f74123c35e69e4478390120263.jpg)

Using my white charcoal pencil, I created highlights on the hair and shades to give the appearance of realism.

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/e1bb686eb7b6b30dd2f501f82ab53d8367add41c.jpg)




STEP 6
======

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/ff68adf3917e6915054489a92854bae2f25c7b70.jpg)

To add creativity to this piece, I decided to make it a colourful art by using my soft pastel. I created a mix of colours for the background and blended with my smudger. I added a blur effect to give the photo realistic appearance

![](https://d1vof77qrk4l5q.cloudfront.net/img/2b0db17bcb298fcebfb6fcc8f4486454a21a8b54.jpg)

So here is the complete drawing. It's really gonna be hanging on my wall for quite a long time  because I think it's my best yet☺️.

Thank you for taking your time to read through. I appreciate everyone supporting my art in one way or the other. You guys are the best😘.
Comments, questions and suggestions are highly welcomed.

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@felt.buzz · Oct 23 '19

$0.02

Fab step by step post. Love the addition of colour around her

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👍 dustbunny, queeirisa

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@queeirisa · Oct 23 '19

Thank you🙂. Just thought it'd make it more beautiful, and it think it worked.

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@abdex9 · Oct 23 '19

Fantastic💗💗😂

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👍 queeirisa

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@queeirisa · Oct 23 '19

Thank you

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@c-squared · Oct 23 '19

c-squared-comment

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@queeirisa · Oct 23 '19

Thank you so much

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