Drawing this portrait of Sophie reminded me how much I love drawing machinery of any kind. I don’t draw enough of it. Reminder to self to draw more portraits involving machines 🙂.
I drew Sophie in my Laloran sketchbook with a Copic multiliner, painted the portrait with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils and a white Posca pen.
Today’s portrait is of Jack, painted in my Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi watercolours and then finished with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
I want to spend more time on my portraits and, in particular, try to draw at least some portraits that include more than just a face. So here is a little more of Kaelin than just her face.
I painted this in my Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
Sktchy is having a Halloween portrait party. I’m a huge fan of The Walking Dead and so when I saw a photo of this zombie amongst Cin’s inspiration photos on Sktchy it was irresistible. And it was huge fun to paint.
I used my Zecchi Toscana watercolours to paint it in my Laloran sketchbook and then finished it off with my Prismacolor coloured pencils.
Sometimes I make a portrait that I’m really happy with. This is one of those times. I love this portrait of Claudio. I feel like I got just the right combination of light and dark in the watercolour and then just the right amount of pencil marks to enhance it and not overwork it. That doesn’t happy often but when it does it’s good.
I painted this in my Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
Some days I overwork my watercolours horribly and other days I manage to keep them light and restrained. This is one of those good days – so happy I managed to avoid any muddy overworking here. Possibly helped by Elene’s fabulous bone structure and that awesome blue eyeshadow!
I painted this in my Laloran sketchbook with my Zecchi watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
This is Eliana, painted in my Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished with coloured pencils.
Jade is one of those Sktchy muses who always posts beautiful photos and when I come across a new one I wonder why I’ve left it so long to draw her again. She has a great face and is a lovely study.
I drew this in my Laloran sketchbook with a Copic multiliner, painted it with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
This is Cece, painted in a Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
This is another commission from Joni, my second in two days. It’s exciting to get commissions but definitely a little anxiety-inducing too because I want clients to like what I produce for them. But I know I need to have a thick skin if I’m to make work to order. So I’m telling myself the most important thing is to do what I do – if people are commissioning me it’s because they like my work.
I painted this in a Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished it with Prismacolor coloured pencils.
drawing faces 