Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel Graphite on A3 sized sketchbook paper. This is one of my Earlier drawings from 2011. I was pulling myself out of a dark time in my life when I drew this. It actually started out as a request from one of my friends for a 'half angel half demon', then it developed into something else, like a reflection of what I imagine the struggle within us would look like to those around us. I've had many offers for purchase of this drawing but I could never bear to part with it but I see it as a reminder that I have overcome the feeling of being in that position and it hangs inside our home. The drawing itself took 3 days with minimal sleep, a bunch of loneliness, lots of coffee and a bit of chain smoking. I used a pencil and an eraser and drew it on a piece of A3 paper in an 'el cheapo sketchbook, You will find that is generally all I use when I'm drawing. S ome parts I took reference to pictures I had previously taken of landscapes and random objects...