GRAPHITE TUTORIAL:
Elegy (stage four)
Next I worked on the hair and ornaments, using combinations of various grade pencils:
I used the kneaded eraser last, after I was absolutely sure I was done with this particular section of the drawing. For the hair, I worked in reverse: dark to light. The darkest shade went on first to separate the strands, then the lighter one to define them, and finally the lightest one to smooth them out.
Note: the pencil strokes must always go in the direction the hair is flowing. If you shade every which way, you’ll end up with “straw hair”.