The drawing of Munsey had taken me about a solid 24 hours of time from start to finish. Of course I didn’t sit down for 24 hours and draw the composition all at one time. I spent about a month working on this drawing, while I worked on other bear related collages.
I used multiple photographs of Munsey in order to get the lighting and perspective of the bear captured correctly. The fur coat was drawn three different layers because it needed to capture the muscle tone, the bears under coat as well as his wispier top coat.
This wasn’t an easy draw and I had to constantly remind myself that I could accomplish this task if I persevered! So, I was was very pleased with the end result!
Once I had drawn out the basic outline of the bear in pencil, I used powered charcoal, feathers, a sham, various types of erasers to draw the this composition. I had the most fun drawing the fur coat because it lends itself to be more abstract.
If your interested in viewing Munsey this Summer, please stop in at the iMAGiNETHAT! Art Studio during the NORTHWOODS ART TOUR on July 28th, 29th and 30th. My gallery is #12 on the tour map this year. To learn more about the NORTHWOODS ART TOUR go to the following link; www.northwoodsarttour.com
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