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Nice job, Nathan
I don't know what the original size was, but it was probably close to 14" x 17" or larger, by the looks of the pencil strokes. What softness are you using? I have settled into 4B full time. I use nothing else. It is soft enough to give me the dark tones, and hard enough to not break under pressure. I use the sand paper pad ALOT to keep the lead in a chisseled point for quality in my lines. In my view, the quality of the line is everything. The form will come. If you have quality lines, you will have a quality drawing. That means, the lines are beautifully formed, parallel, and have the right pressure. If you go too slow, you lose the effect of the repitition of the line flow, particularly in the shading type of line where the lines are parallel.
Most artists put form first. They never achieve the quality in their drawing because they do not pay attention to each line. If the lines are weak, the drawing will be weak. The line is everything.
Great job! Keep it up!
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