This is my second portrait of Leeza from an image of two photos collaged together. In my last post I shared the first one, drawn with Copic markers and coloured pencils. This one was drawn digitally with marker and coloured pencil brushes, using the same technique but working on my iPad Pro. I used True Grit Texture Supply’s KolorMarc and Chromographbrushes.
I’ve been working on a (non-portrait) commission for the past week which has meant that I haven’t had time for any other drawing. I haven’t drawn a face for around 10 days which is the longest I’ve gone in about 5 years without drawing one. So it was a huge relief to finally get around to drawing this portrait (well, half a face anyway) of Leeza from the Museum by Sktchy app.
I bought some fabulous new brushes for Procreate by the TrueGrit Texture Supply – the KolorMarc pack. They are marker brushes and I used them for this portrait of Bianca from the Museum by Sktchy app.
I’ve used a whole of range of different brushes in Procreate to try to create the effect of Copic markers but none have worked like these. The richness of colour and texture is just fabulous. And they really do go down like Copics. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, TrueGrit make the best Procreate brushes on the market.
I forgot to post this portrait of Idris when I finished it at the weekend.
This is Liberty from the Museum by Sktchy app drawn with a fineliner, Copic markers and coloured pencils.
I drew this little guy in my Sketchbook Skool Spark class on Sunday and forgot to post the portrait until today. I love drawing dogs, maybe because I don’t feel so much pressure to get a good likeness and I always think that with dogs it’s all about the eyes and nose. Dog’s noses are so much fun to draw!
This is a portrait of Colette from Museum by Sktchy started in my Sketchbook Skool Spark class yesterday and finished off after class.
Right back in my comfort zone with this drawing of Cori from Museum by Sktchy made using Copic markers and coloured pencils.
We’re working on drawing hands in my Drawing Faces class for Sketchbook Skool’s Spark programme at the moment. I love drawing portraits that include hands and once you feel confident drawing hands you can draw so many more poses – heads in hands, people drinking or on their phone, someone scratching their head, etc – so I think it’s really important to learn to draw them even if you only want to draw faces. So we started with a hand pose and we’ll move on to portraits including hands in later classes.
This is one of those portraits where I lost the likeness completely but I nevertheless had fun with the process. I’ve drawn Wendy from Museum by Sktchy several times before too, and have never struggled to capture her likeness before – maybe it was the slightly upward looking angle that confounded me?
drawing faces 