New commission done. I can admit that I am very satisfy with this one. The photo reference was a very good one. Indeed : D, in this photo there is Giuliana too. I made her a portrait wile ago; she like it so much that she wanted one for her husband too (: I wish all the clients would be as delighted as she is.
Usually it’s so easy to draw Angelina Jolie or any other Hollywood star. They all have professional photos with perfect light, well detailed. Every artist expect to commission these kind of photos. But what are you’re going to do when your client has a picture token with a normal camera, in a normal environment, and low resolution?.. well, it’s normal.
And they like that picture very much, they have wonderful memories attached, they are really in love with it. You have to improve and to try your best to recreate those feelings and make it look good. And this is what I tried to do with this commission, and the client was very delighted.
This portrait arrived safety far far away in Canada to Steven.
When starting a drawing, the first issue is: how am I going to trace my drawing correctly, easy and fast? Everybody has different methods for doing this: transfer paper, grid from photo/print reference, lightbox, real life trace, Photoshop grid, and so on.
Even in the ancient times, artists had their own methods. Artists such as Van Gogh and Da Vinci used the grid, but we attribute the grid to Albrecht Dürer. His magnificent drawings show such realism and the grid was part of that success.(ref)
I just discovered SimmTrace – an optical device which allow anybody to draw like an expert. It is a great idea for starting a draw, which belongs to Roy Simmons. He is a great artist from United Kingdom specialised in watercolour. Bellow you can see Roy’s presentation for the SimmTrace:
Easy, isn’t it? Now I can save a lot of time by tracing my drawings. Before I used transfer paper and it took me a lot of time. Here is a demonstration and some tips of how I used Roy’s idea and of course his software:
Hi everyone!
I just opened a little contest on The Portrait Group from Flick .
The members of this group have to post a photo with their lover, between 15 – 22 January.
On 23 – 24 January I’ll make a poll were the members will vote the most beautiful photo. The winning photo will be transformed intro a free nice drawing portrait.
If you would like to take part of this contest too, just become a member of this group and post a photo of your lover (;
Good luck everyone!!
Olaaa!
Because the Valentine is getting closer and closer, and also the International Women’s Day, I thought that it would be nice to make a love edition of my blog. That’s why the commission prices are still low. So, it’s a good opportunity for presents (; Another surprise coming soon!
I also made a free wallpaper for you. Choose your monitor resolution and download (:
Christmas is almost here, so the snow and Santa (: Everything is prepared for a perfect Christmas. Carols, cakes and a lot of joy. This is what I wish you all to have for Christmas.
An year is over, a new one is coming. A lot of things had been changed in my life, and others will change. I have to admit that this year I drew more and I wish that the next year I will draw even more and more and more.. to discover new techniques, new tools and to make as many portraits as possible. What’s your wish for the next year?
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!
Here is a little gift for all of you (: Hope you will like it!
Hi everyone!
New tutorial done (: I made it wile drawing my sister’s portrait. I just wanted to share few tricks and tips about realistic drawing. But the biggest secret is patience ; )
Enjoy the video!
Materials:
- A3 paper 300g,
Bristol smooth
- graphite pencils
- eraser, napkin Reference: personal photo
Hi there! A new draw completed.
I really dedicated much more time on this draw because it was for my sister. Isn’t she cute?
I’ll also post a short tutorial movie about hair drawing, made with this draw.
