Today i just wana share with you guys a quick sketch that i did of a girl, i didnt really spent much time on this piece due to my busy schedules. But i hope this little idea helps some one though, in this drawing i will show you or rather tell you how i achieved the braids on her hair, well their are different patterns to this but i just decided to make mine simple.

• Below is the FINISHED work which took me almost 35minute to draw, but my advice to up coming artist don't try this on a commission work, commission works usually take me up to 2 weeks or 1 week depending on my schedule and the complexity of the work

• Materials used for this work are:
  -charcoal pencil on paper
  -Eraser, cotton bud, artist paint brush etc

Below are the progress shots

• Shot1
  Before you draw always get an outline of what you wana draw, its one of the guidlines to achieveing a good sketch you can't just jupm into the main work, start from somewhere except if you're a professional like me😁😁
  
• shot 2
  In drawing the braids like i said earlier on, drawing of braids have different pattern or style but like the pattern i used here was, i drew series of lines to form an intersection between one hair and another parallel to each other, then after that i drew a diagonal line on those intersection to give it a unique Partern.
  -After this process i darken the intersection line just to give it a form of shade by also applying the principle of tonal gradation
  -As you can see in the image below you would see a thick dark line in between each braids, and also at the edges i darkened it to give it a good shade
  -while shading i move from dark to light
  
• Shot3
  Here is the completion of the shaded braids
  
• Shot4
  At this point i added shade to the hair on the forehead, to achieve this i made use of the shading technique called hatching ////////.

• like in the right side of the hair you would see how i hatched it i was moving from dark to light

• Shot 5
  

• Shot6
  Sometimes i make use of the artist paint brush to blend shades on my work its quiet faster.
  i tend to scarp graphite from my pencil into a powder form then i use my paint brush to apply on the surface of the work with care.
  

• Shot7
  

• Shot 8
  

• Shot9
  

• Shot 10
  When shading observe sensitive areas, apply pricinple of tonal gradation.
  know where to apply dark shade and light shade observe the reference image carefully before shading.
  

Shot 11

Safety Tips

• 1 when shading ensure a paper is below your palm so as to avoid your hand prints on the work.
  -2 Before you start a work ensure your hands are properly clean if possible wash you hands with soap 😁 because dirty hands can staine sensitive areas of your work
  -3 avoid to much pressure on your paper
  -4 When you get tired try and rest
  -5 Avoid eating or drinking while working😁😁
  Just a short story.....i was working on a commission work and my mum came into my room complaining that my food would soon get cold, at that point all i could think of was to finish the project in front of me i lost apatite at that point. But all of a sudden mum brought JOLLOF RICE and chicken 🐔 (jollof rice is a popular meal in Nigeria) to my room where i was working. When i saw the meal the aroma took my breath away😂😂 before i knew it i messed up a work which took me a days to do😕🤧. It was a sad moment for me, i was eating the food just for eating sake but at that point i was so unhappy.
  -6 Avoid distractions from any angle
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