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## <center>Hi great people of steem</center>
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 I return with another mind-blowing realistic pencil piece. I will have to talk beautifully about this piece because of the story behind it. This piece is actually a commissioned piece for my client’s husband. Both of them have been married for some years now and their love story is really a beautiful and inspiring one. 


My client called me sometime last week, telling me how the husband has been there for her at all times and how he has cared for her and made her a happy woman. So, to reciprocate, she asked that I make a powerful pencil piece for her to add to the gifts she has gotten for the husband and I did it as desired. I made it powerful and she confirmed that it is indeed a powerful piece. 


I like it when my works make people happy. I am a happy artist and my works shows that.  

This piece was done with charcoal pencils and graphite pencils on pelican paper and it took about 5 hours to complete. The size is 16 by 20 inches (“16*20”).

### <center>Below are some progress shot I took while at this piece</center>

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![IMG_2034 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPECcB2ywm9vXi9QDhmhMmUSCd7MWuo1efUyvCD1YSAio/IMG_2034%202.JPG)

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### <center>Here is the final piece</center>
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### Here are the materials I used in making this piece

* generals charcoal pencils
* soft graphite pencils 
* tortillons or blending stump
* tombow mono zero Elastomer eraser
* kneaded eraser
* flat brushes, makeup brushes
* tissue paper
* Drawing board
* A clean sheet of small paper 


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### The function of these materials are: 

* **General's charcoal pencil:** A chalky medium, used in drawing/shading dark tones and also to add dark details in drawing 

* **Soft Graphite pencils:** Used to draw outlines and also add shades in drawing 

* **Tortillon/blending stump:** a soft paper-like material used mainly for blending and to add details in drawing 

* **Tissue paper:** Used for blending 

* **Soft flat brushes/makeup brushes:** Used also for blending. The different textures of the brush gives different textures in the drawing 

* **Tombow mono zero Elastomer eraser:** used to clean unwanted part and also add highlights in drawing 

* **Kneaded eraer:** An eraser that can be folded to any shape, used also to add soft highlights and also clean unwanted parts in drawing 

* **Paper:** A base where we draw on. And about papers, the quality of paper matters, there are some that can hold our chalky medium more than others. But I most of the time make use of the pelican papers and bristol(strathmore) paper 

* **A clean sheet of paper:** This can be a very small sheet of paper that can be used to place our hands when drawing to avoid smudging our drawing. 

**Smudging** is basically messing up our drawing with dirt's on our fingers. It can be dirt's from the oils on our hands or charcoal residue. Sometimes It is difficult to clean the dirt's off our drawings so it is best we avoid smudging our drawings. 

Thank you for reading through. Much love
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