FIREFLY FACE 3 ; Drawing of WILL SMITH (Technique, Materials, and Tips).

Hello Everyone. I do hope you're all doing well today. Today's feature for the Firefly Faces is the famous African American Actor in Hollywood, Willard Carroll Smith Jnr popularly known as "Will Smith" . He's one of my favorite actors and I've been following all his movies and series from childhood. I've been his big fan from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Pursuit of Happiness, I am Legend and now to his latest movie, Gemini Man.
He's a great actor, motivator and a role model to many people around the world which is the reason why I chose to feature him in my today's post of Firefly faces. I've started the drawing for about a week now but finally got to finish it today.

The materials used here are just a white pelican paper, graphite pencil, a black charcoal pencil, an eraser and a dry paint brush.
Firstly I did a free hand sketch of the face then started using the black charcoal to add details and realism to the sketch as seen

While drawing with the charcoal pencil, I used my brush immediately to blend to see the progress and know if I'm close to getting the resemblance I require.

Next, I use the charcoal for his hair and kept blending with my brush

Here I did a general blending for the face.

I use the charcoal pencil to shade the background


I added some details and did some final touches to the drawing

The reference photo for this drawing was found on www.pinterest.com and was taken by Max Vadukul.

Thanks for checking out my post. Stay tuned for my next post on some facts about Will Smith. Till then, Stay safe and do enjoy the rest of your day