"Bittersweet" - Hyperrealistic Charcoal and Pencil Portrait - Drawing Timelapse Part 2

Sep 15, 2026

Hi guys! Here is the second and final part of my latest hyperrealistic portrait. It's called "Bittersweet" and it's a portrait of my dad. This drawing took me about 100 hours to complete.

Made with charcoal and graphite on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.
Other tools used: eraser pencils, electric eraser, kneaded eraser, cotton balls, blending stumps, Faber-Castell pitt oil base pencils, white charcoal pencils, soft makeup brushes

I hope you like it!

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