I don’t often include backgrounds in my portraits but I have to confess it was the cacti in the inspiration photo for this portrait that attracted my attention and the reason I decided to draw it. And it was great fun to draw, especially the cacti!
I drew Lucrezia on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
My husband had some surgery last weekend and today I’ve been sitting waiting with him at the hospital for the results of bloods and other tests which will hopefully mean all is well and he can come home. I’ve spent 2 hours of that waiting time drawing Sktchy muse Victoria on my iPad Pro. What did I do with my waiting time before I started drawing? I read, of course, but it was never as absorbing as drawing. Those 2 hours have flown by. I might even get another one drawn before the results turn up!
I haven’t used my Bardot Brushes for a while. I’ve become slightly obsessed with the Procreate wet acrylic brush and have used that for almost all my digital drawing recently but I decided to go back to my Bardot pencil box brushes for this portrait, and it was such a good decision – the cross hatch brush was perfect for those dandelions.
I drew Sktchy muse Elena on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
I’ve never drawn a donkey before but I did choose a very pretty one for my first donkey portrait. This was drawn from a photo shared on Sktchy by Linda. Isn’t she a beautiful creature?
I drew this portrait on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
This is a portrait of Jessica, my contribution to this week’s Sktchy Block Portrait Party. I drew it on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
I don’t like selfies. I rarely take or share photos of myself and I don’t much like drawing or painting myself either. But this week’s Old School Sktchy theme is “Self-Portrait” so I’ve drawn my first one in around a year. This one is very realistic, maybe next time I’ll exaggerate and play around a little more.
I drew myself on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
I drew Sktchy muse Maria with ballpoint pens a little while ago. I was so unhappy with the portrait I produced that I promised to draw her again soon and today I’m keeping that promise. I’m much happier with this portrait so I’m glad I had another go at drawing her.
I drew this portrait of Maria on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
I thought I’d try something completely different for this portrait, which is my entry for this week’s Old School Sktchy weekly art extravaganza challenge on the theme “fairytale”.
I drew the portrait on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
This was so much fun to draw. I used to hate drawing hair, I was always overwhelmed by it, and curly hair still sometimes terrifies me but Andrea’s hair was fabulous to draw.
I drew this portrait on my iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
This portrait of Vez was a fun draw but the most remarkable thing about it for me is that I’ve somehow rejuvenated Vez, by around 10-20 years! If anything I usually make my subjects look a little older than their actual age and this is certainly the first time I’ve made someone look so much younger! I wish I knew how I’d done it because I suspect this would be guaranteed to keep the commissions flooding in.
I drew Vez on my iPad Pro with a 2nd Generation Apple Pencil using the Procreate app.
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