Object of the Day 10 – Blender Blade
I'm adopting Blender Blade as my superhero name. This is a very scary object. Those blades are sharp! Like food processor blades. They are hard to clean, too. They snag on the dish cloth and catch on the dish brush. Look at all those angles just waiting for a moment of your inattention.
I've noticed something odd. When looking for items to draw, many of them turn out to be made of metal. Shiny metal. Shiny metal is not the easiest to draw. I do like the shadowy bird beak.
As I mentioned, I am not really drawing one object from start to finish in a day. I'll get the pencil drawing down in one to two days and come back the next day (or the next, or the day after that) to start inking, which takes several days.
Usually, it goes like this: Day 1 – Spend 30 minutes looking for something to draw while talking to self. "Not that, too boring. Not that, too shiny. Maybe this?" Set up object and start pencil drawing. Maybe finished in one sitting, but probably not. Start with a very light ink wash in the darkest areas. Leave until the next day. Then I build it up layer by layer progressing to darker washes. Often especially with shiny objects, it is hard to modulate the mid-tones.