Dirty shoes
Posted: November 15, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 15 CommentsWhy are shoes so interesting to draw? For me they have almost as much character as the people who wear them and they often have a story to tell about where they’ve been, which in this case is within close proximity to a lawn mower. When I don’t have a chance to get outside to draw they are usually the most interesting objects in my house. I used three different pencils for this dirty shoe drawing: a carbon pencil for the deep blacks, a 9B Cretacolor for the rough textured bits and a mechanical pencil for the fine lines. The mix of all three seemed to suit the subject.
Shoes do say a lot about a person! 🙂
They sure do!
Love your shoes drawings, I am using them as an inspiration for a picture of my 2yr. old grandson’s hockey skates!
Thanks Patti! I sketched some skates last year. Beautiful objects to draw.
Beautiful, again.
Thanks Margo!
Duh! of course I can mix fine pencil with charcoal pencil! Thank you for the great tip. The variety of texture makes for a wonderful drawing (in your hands at least). I have always loved your drawings and paintings of footwear.
Thanks Alison. Yes, mix up those pencils!!
Always great.
Thanks Don!
Always excellent !
Thanks Mark!
Being a fan of both pencil and shoes (as drawing subjects), I love this… you even managed to make the shoes look like a reasonably matching pair, which is always a challenge with shoes.
After you recommended the 9B Cretacolor pencil previously, I dutifully bought one… a whole tin in fact (this is a very expensive blog to follow some times!). It is not bad but I am still trying to decide whether I prefer it to the Steadtler Mars Lumograph 8B which I found at about the same time and which has a similar feel.
Those shoes were really made for walking. Well done.
I like this drawing so much, is it a study for a future painting ?