Jenell the elf drawn with Polychromos and Holbein coloured pencils.
Wishing you all a joyful festive season.
Jenell
Tag: Polychromos
Jude
More coloured pencil practice.
Madusa
This is a very quick and gentle portrait of the lovely Madusa , drawn in my HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook with Polychromos coloured pencils.
Julie
This is Julie. I think it’s the first portrait I’ve ever drawn on black paper. I saw the photo of the plague mask and it made me think of the UK as the plague country of Europe, with the highest number of coronavirus deaths. So it seemed only right to draw on black paper and I changed the scarf to a Union Jack. The black mood, lightened by my drawing marks, seems appropriate.
I drew this on black Strathmore artist zentangle paper with Polychromos and Prismacolor coloured pencils.
Claire
I haven’t used my coloured pencils on their own for a portrait for a while so decided to do just that today for this portrait of Claire. I drew this in a Moleskine sketchbook with Polychromos coloured pencils.
Anna
Not feeling that well these past few days, it’s been a crazy work week month…) and I’m really feeling it, and I’m struggling a little to focus on my drawing. I feel that I’m losing the likenesses more than usual but I’m still enjoying the process as much as ever.this is the very beautiful Sktchy muse Anna – though it doesn’t look entirely like her!
I drew it in my HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook with Polychromos coloured pencils.
Craig
I somehow managed to totally lose Craig’s likeness while drawing this portrait. That happens more when I draw with pencils than with any other medium, perhaps because I’m still finding my way and not yet entirely comfortable using them. I think I’m focusing so much on trying to find a technique that works for me that I pay less attention to the actual drawing of the face once I’ve mapped the basic shapes and so I lose the likeness. That’s my excuse anyway!
I drew Craig in my HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook with Polychromos coloured pencils.
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.
James
I know it’s inktober but I’m still trying to keep up with my routine of switching between Copics, watercolour, coloured pencils and the iPad for my portraits. So today I used coloured pencils to draw James in my HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook.
Sulphur
Some days I don’t have much time for drawing but I try to maintain my commitment to a daily portrait. That means producing quicker sketchier portraits like this one of Sktchy muse Sulphur. Sometimes I manage to find a better likeness in these quick portraits – I did today.
The amount of time available always affects my choice of medium. I would never choose to draw a portrait with Copic markers if time was short. I might start one on the iPad, knowing I could easily leave it and return to it later. But if I want to start and finish a portrait quickly then I will always choose watercolour or coloured pencils. Today I chose to use Polychromos coloured pencils in a HannehmĂĽhle Nostalgie sketchbook.
drawing faces 