Thursday, November 30, 2017
Nancy Baby - pencil drawing
Monica - pencil drawing
"Lakshmi" Pencil Drawing
I am taking orders for pencil drawings for Christmas gifts. All I need is a good photo, preferably with some shadows. Drawings are on 9 x 12 inch acid free paper. Price: $50.00. Shipping and tax will be extra if it applies.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
More portrait practice
I have been doing more portrait practice, some from life. Some have been better than others. I took some pictures recently of this young lady and with her permission, did this charcoal portrait.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
More Pencil Portraits
Well, I am really getting into portraits these days. I just finished and shipped off two commissioned portraits which I cannot show here until after Christmas.
I am learning a lot as I practice and make mistakes. One of the biggest mistakes I was making was to place the sketchpad in my lap and draw while looking at my subject in front of me. In other words, my drawing surface was perpendicular to my subject and the perspective was distorted. The drawing would look fine in my lap, but when I picked it up and looked at it straight on, it would look squished - too short from top to bottom.
I am also being more careful in the early stages - trying to get everything just right from the very beginning including angles, placement of the features etc...
Anyway, here are a couple more pencil drawings. The first one is my son, Lincoln, and the second one is my mother circa 1953 or '54. She was a beauty.
I drew both of these while looking at photos on my computer screen...with my sketchpad held in the same plane as the subject.
Let me know if you would like to commission a portrait. It would make a nice Christmas gift, I believe.
I am learning a lot as I practice and make mistakes. One of the biggest mistakes I was making was to place the sketchpad in my lap and draw while looking at my subject in front of me. In other words, my drawing surface was perpendicular to my subject and the perspective was distorted. The drawing would look fine in my lap, but when I picked it up and looked at it straight on, it would look squished - too short from top to bottom.
I am also being more careful in the early stages - trying to get everything just right from the very beginning including angles, placement of the features etc...
Anyway, here are a couple more pencil drawings. The first one is my son, Lincoln, and the second one is my mother circa 1953 or '54. She was a beauty.
I drew both of these while looking at photos on my computer screen...with my sketchpad held in the same plane as the subject.
Let me know if you would like to commission a portrait. It would make a nice Christmas gift, I believe.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Free Christmas Portrait Promotion
Between now and Christmas 2017, I am offering a free pencil sketch portrait as an added bonus for buying a painting.
I am in the process of practicing my portrait drawing skills in the hopes of doing more commissioned work, so this is my chance to work under these kind of conditions and strive for excellence.... and maybe sell some more paintings.
So, here is how it works. You buy a painting, you get a free portrait. After you purchase the painting, you can then decide if you want a portrait of yourself or someone else... or even your dog or cat. Send me a high resolution photo, preferably with some good shadows on one side of the face. I can send you your finished portrait along with your painting in the same package to save shipping costs.
Go HERE to buy a painting.
I am in the process of practicing my portrait drawing skills in the hopes of doing more commissioned work, so this is my chance to work under these kind of conditions and strive for excellence.... and maybe sell some more paintings.
So, here is how it works. You buy a painting, you get a free portrait. After you purchase the painting, you can then decide if you want a portrait of yourself or someone else... or even your dog or cat. Send me a high resolution photo, preferably with some good shadows on one side of the face. I can send you your finished portrait along with your painting in the same package to save shipping costs.
Go HERE to buy a painting.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Pencil Rembrandt
I drew this while looking at one of Rembrandt's famous oil self portraits. He did about 100 of them throughout his lifetime. I think this would make an elegant statement on anyone's wall. I think it would look good in a black frame.
Image size is 8 x 7.5 inches on 9 x 12 paper.
Image size is 8 x 7.5 inches on 9 x 12 paper.
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