My Realism Drawing #2

I decided it was time to test my weakness at realism drawing again! I had previously tried realism and wanted another stab at it.

The image above was my initial reference picture taken by Samantha Bell (Samantha's website: https://www.samanthasbell.com/drawing-a-still-life/)

I started by roughly outlining where the objects were placed and where the shadows were cast (using a 2H pencil).

Then I slowly shaded in and defined the details in the objects using a slightly darker shade. Repeating that step over and over but each time using a darker shade of graphite, led me to the end of stage 2.

Today, after buying an artist drawing set containing some charcoal sticks and pencils, I refined the piece and gave it much more definition.

The final stage completed and resulting in the image above.

Thank you if you made it this far and follow me for more of my journey into visual arts.