The (snail-pace) progress of the lazy.

Someone asked me how long it takes to finish one drawing with just a 0.5mm mechanical pencil. The answer for sure is “A VERY LONG TIME.” I have never sat my bum down to complete a drawing before, worrying that it will forever stuck on the chair. Also the fact I can’t be normal to finish one and move onto the next. I jump around too much, to balance thing out I am dedicated to drawing the same person I guess.

First, I would do a few outlines because this is easy and fun, takes little time or effort. I can do this while working on my PC, listen to music, yelling at my kids, watching TV….but not while doing the dishes.

Second, I add in details when I have time in between things. Since I only use one pencil for writing and drawing, it’s always there on my desk, next to my mouse. There is no need to erase when adding details to the outline, it makes things much easier.

Then I just keep adding more details until I am done or just no longer want to add more.

There is one thing about using just a lead pencil, it’s hard to speed things up. You just have to move in small strokes if you want finer details. If you look closely, I have endless lines everywhere.

I rarely do with a lead pencil, HAIR! Yes, it will never end if you have to draw one strand of hair at a time. So most of my drawings has very little hair or very little details when it comes to that. I pay alot of attention to the face instead. It’s something I give up in choosing to use just a mechanical pencil.