A Brief Overview of Creating a Montage Pencil Drawing
1. Once the topic for the drawing has been chosen, various a number of sketches are done as studies. From these studies, a final line drawing is created. That drawing is then sketched onto acid-free drawing paper using an HB pencil.
2. After the final line art is in place, the detail rendering begins on any background areas. These scenes are intended to fall back in value from the primary scene and therefore are rendered with the HB pencil as well.
3. Rendering of the primary image area now begins. Values of light and dark areas are relatively conservative at this point as it is important to monitor contrast between various subject matter. An HB pencil is still used for this stage of drawing.
4. As the piece develops, overall comparisons of grayscale values can be made. The detail areas and light/dark values are finalized. 2B-9B pencils are used for very dark values. Occasionally, a kneaded eraser is used to lift out lighter areas.