This is a commissioned drawing I did for a customer in Maryland. He wanted a portrait of himself and said if the project went well that he'd be interested in having me do some more things for him. This drawing is 8"x10". Since the drawing is so small I tried to keep it as clean as possible with my shading and linework. The sunglasses were pretty fun to do. This portrait was nice because I didn't have to worry about hair or eyes. Hair is still something that I dread even though I think I've definitely improved with it. I wanted to do something a little different to finish off the drawing so I tried to add a painterly style to it, which I hope the customer likes. A blending stump and powdered graphite was used to attain this look. The project went well and I'm glad I was "forced" to sit down and work on something. 8"x10" Fabriano Hotpressed Watercolor paper Derwent 7B, 3B, H, B, and 2H pencils blending stumps, tissues, q-tips for blending 15 hours http://www.dueysdrawings.com/
7 Comments
Wendy Law 21 Mar 2011
wow - this is an awesome drawing, so detailed, looks like a photoSherry Weisel 15 Mar 2010
Your remarkableJoshua Stephens 15 Mar 2010
Your drawings always inspire me Duey, the detail on the hat, facial hair, and teeth are mind-boggling. I don't See any way you could possibly improve, but I'm sure you can, Keep Getting Better Duey!kathleen thompson 15 Mar 2010
Outstanding work!! Just all the detail in the knit hat alone are amazing, great pencil work!Renata Cavanaugh 15 Mar 2010
This is amazing...as all your work!Claude J Morrissette 15 Mar 2010
Very nicely done and so life like!! How could ne not like it !Terry Bullard 15 Mar 2010
Great job - I did notice how you finished it out and liked the look very much. Details are great - I'm sure he will pass more work on!