jullia-jullia's avatar
welcome :)
tell me please.. the base of the hair.. the black part.. is graphite or charcoal?
PavelVerner's avatar
charcoal

for me it's the best way to begin, you get the real black contrast that you can't achieve with graphite, then you use it to make the shadows of the charcoal a bit softer, and finally i use the ink for the details
it turns out pretty good
jullia-jullia's avatar
I see. thanks :)
I asked because I never could mix graphite with charcoal or other media.. so is charcoal and ink. thanks for telling me :)
PavelVerner's avatar
oh yes, it's impossible, so frustrating you know? it would be perfect if we could, but it looks nice in layers too =)