One of the things I tend to avoid drawing is anything that is all black like shown in the following photo.
I sent out a request to my art mentor, Hany, asking what he would advise in how to approach drawing an all black object and my take from what he shared was paying really close attention to the light sources. That way the drawing won't look like a flat blob of black as I always fear.
Using one of my favorite techniques of laying down color and blending, I chose to work on the earpiece as seen in the photo above. I made sure I had decent lighting shining down on my work area giving me lights and darks I needed so the piece wouldn't look flat.
I don't think I did too bad with the lighting but wonder if I couldn't have gone a tad lighter in the lit areas...particularly there to the left as you view the drawing. I didn't want it stark white but think I could have gone a shade lighter with the gray.
Overall, I'm happy with the results and I thank my dear friend and mentor for the guidance helping me gain the results that I did.
