Tag: drawing faces

Eliana

This is Eliana, painted in my Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished with coloured pencils.

Emma

I bought a small pocket Moleskine sketchbook so I can practice with ballpoint pens without having to spend 5 or 6 hours on a portrait. This is my first portrait in the book. I also bought a set of Kum ballpoints – there is a great yellow, much less fluorescent than most ballpoint yellows, but the pens are a bit dribbley. I was also struggling to get light marks with them but I’m reasonably happy with what I produced in less than 2 hours.

Diana

It’s hard to focus on drawing today while the future of the UK is being decided in Parliament but I’m doing my best. Diana has provided a good distraction. I drew her in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic multiliners, Copic markers and some Polychromos coloured pencils.

Jade

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.

Alessa’s boyfriend

Back in my Copic comfort zone, today’s Sktchy muse is Alessa’s boyfriend. He was irresistible really because he has such fabulous freckles and anyone who has followed my blog for a while will know that faces with freckles are my favourite ones to draw.

I drew him in my A4 Moleskine sketchbook with Copic multiliners and markers and coloured pencils.

Marie

This portrait of Sktchy muse Marie was drawn in a HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook with Polychromos coloured pencils.

Cece

This is Cece, painted in a Laloran sketchbook with Zecchi Toscana watercolours and finished with Prismacolor coloured pencils.

Giada

I’m still working away at my ballpoint pen practice but those portraits take many hours, so I took some time out today to return to my Copic comfort zone and draw one of my favourite Sktchy muses, Giada.

I drew this in my A4 Moleskine with Copic markers and Prismacolor coloured pencils.

Scout in colour

I drew Scout in black and white a few days ago for Inktober. I knew when I drew her that I would add colour at some point to that portrait. So here is that same portrait but with colour added in Procreate. She looks older than she should, which is one of the reasons I don’t often draw children – yes, I’m one of those artists who always manages to age children when I draw or paint them.

I added colour on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil in the Procreate app using Lisa Bardot’s gouache brushes and the Procreate luminance brushes.

Scout

I don’t often draw children but the photo of Scout which inspired this portrait is so perfect for today’s Inktober theme “enchanted”. I drew this with the technical pen brush in Procreate, which I don’t think I’ve ever used before. I know for sure I’m going to come back and add colour when I have the time