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Art swap

By jullia in Articles, Portraits

Materials: graphite pencils on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, 5 x 7 inch.

I am taking part to an art swap organised by David Pringle. (: Here you can see more details about this.
It’s the first big art swap that I am taking part of. The first one was on pencilportraits.ning.com but it was a little one made between members. This time seams like there are involved many many artists from all over the world :D I am so excited to see what piece of art I will receive.

Here is the list with all the artist involved in the current art swap, but I heard that it will be another one in 6 months. So stay tuned!

My art work is the one above, with the lovers. It’s not so big because I have to deliver it far far away :D Now is packed and in a few minutes I go to the post office. I really hope that the receiver will like it.

Vintage – wallpaper

By jullia in Articles

Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece.

Another wallpaper with a nice quote :D no offence! but I just like how it sounds. Choose the screen resolution from bellow and set it as your own wallpaper.

1280 – 800
1280 – 1024
1600 – 1200

*Frame image from sxc.hu

Old times

By jullia in Commissions, Gallery

Materials: graphite pencils on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, 11×14 inch. Reference: client photo

This drawing is so far the most interesting I have done. The photo reference was a simple one, with this young couple sitting on a table and having fun. I changed their clothes and gave them a victorian look. So all the environment has changed, and they travelled through time some ages ago receiving a new style. For sure that from now on I’ll make more portraits like this.

Pencil portrait – tips for a realistic drawing

By jullia in How it's made?

Olaaa!
I have finally finished to edit the last video I made, wile recording the “Smile” portrait. As I said before, this drawing was made specially for the contest we had on Pencil Portraits. So I tried to give and some advices. I hope will find them useful.
HD full screen recommended.

Smile

By jullia in Fantasy, Gallery

Materials: graphite pencils on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, inch. Reference: sxc.hu

I made this little drawing for the contest we had on Pencil Portraits. I have to admit that even if I choose the photo reference, while drawing it I realised that it wasn’t so easy to do. You can go on the contest page and see the other portraits made after this photo by the members. I didn’t participated, but just tried to give some advices. It wasn’t quite a contest, in the real meaning, because the goal was to achieve more knowledge about how to make a portrait, rather than compete.

See here a video made while drawing this portrait :)

UPDATE: the Pencil Portraits ning website does not exist anymore.

Alex – pencil portrait commission

By jullia in Commissions, Gallery

Materials: graphite pencils on Strathmore Bristol
Smooth paper, 11×14 inch, 260 g,
Reference: client photo

This portrait was a present for Alex. An unexpected one (:

Cornel – pencil portrait commission

By jullia in Commissions, Gallery

Materials: graphite and carbon pencils on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper, 11×14 inch. Reference: client photo

Hi everyone!
I’ve just finished a new commission. This time I used some carbon pencils for the glasses. The effect turned out really nice. The carbon is not shining like the graphite, and so it gives a pop-up effect. Here is a photo, so you can understand what I mean.