I. M. Mueller ArtZone

The Genie

Size 28x36 cm

pencil on acid free paper

Creation by my minds eye from the first sketch to the last pencil stroke.

I made some detail photos while I was drawing it from sketch to finished Art, as you can see below.

Below you can see the tiny sketch I made while sitting somewhere outside. As usually I always have a sketchbook with me the size always depends on the bag size I got with me at the moment. I like to jot down ideas and sketch away anywhere I go or my muse hits me.

 

for the background I used a 6B whole graphite pencil.

 The rest like the bodies and such or the details of the hair I used a "B" with my trusty FIXPENCIL by Caran d'Ache. I got it for many decades already as it has a metal casing that is sheer UN-destructible. It has been snowed, rained upon, stepped on and really it still seems like new. When I think about those new ones in plastic which get sometimes destroyed by simply sharpening them it is a real marvel indeed and very trusty for all occasions. It is great for real details even when very small.

 Some more detail of the FIXPENCIL. I really love to work with it.

 Below is also my trusty sharpener by GEDESS - SWISS MADE I got it since Art school as well. There is nothing better to sharpen those pencil with leads of 1.6 mm to 4 and beyond. I usually use the leads size 2mm. I can draw whole drawings with a "B" for light and dark parts like in the drawing I made recently "The Horse Whisperer". GEDESS sharpens a lead really so sharp that any tiny detail can be made without trouble like the hair and details to the eyes in such a small size.

I think I am going to make a colored one of it some day and also correcting the sitting body, as I think it got a bit too hunched into itself.