Pencil portrait – tips for a realistic drawing

By jullia in Tutorials

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, My 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 I chose the photo reference, but 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.

Alex – pencil portrait commission

By jullia in Commissions, My 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, My 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.

Drawing hair – new video

By jullia in Tutorials

Hi everyone! I made a new video wile drawing Sergio’s portrait. I speed it up so you don’t get bored. Enjoy the video!
HD (720p) full screen recommended (;