Sktchy Portraits

Thanks to the Sktchy app, I recently got a few portraits done. It's an enormous source of inspiration and I use it for learning purposes. I did all the portraits freehand and I try to draw different perspectives. Also I want to be more creative in using different media.

Here are the first three portraits:

Daenerys Targaryan Pencil Portrait

I did another Daenerys drawing. This time I used water-soluble graphite pencils dry. I could take a brush but then it might get ruined. Because me and the brush are not best friends (yet). ;)

Portrait and Figure Drawing Class

On the weekend I was in a portrait and figure drawing class! It was awesome - the teacher was great, I learned new techniques and I did quite well with life drawing in general. The only problem I have is measuring proportions. I simply don’t do it, I mostly draw contour lines first and most of the times the proportions are right. So the teacher taught me how to measure afterwards to reassure the correct proportions. I need a lot more practice, so I hope I find people willing to sit for me so I can draw (their face). These are some drawings I did during the class.

Benedict Cumberbatch Drawings/Paintings combined

Portrait Sketch (pencils)

Watercolour

Pencil drawing

Done with Cretacolor Nero leads

I thought I just combine all the Benedict Cumberbatch drawings/paintings in one single post. I've drawn him so many times for a Sherlock Convention which I'm not attending anymore. If you're interested in prints just let me know.

Elizabeth Taylor

I’ve done this drawing after a drawing from Ileana Hunter. She is a great artist and I liked her drawing of Elizabeth Taylor so much that I did it myself. When you compare it to hers you see my mistakes lol but it’s just for me and for learning purposes. This is also the first time I tried carbon pencils.

Drawings from the Life Drawing Course

These are the results of my 10 hours life drawing course. Each was done with a life model in 1 1/2-2 hours. The older woman in profile is off and the teacher couldn't tell me. It was an interesting course but no criticism came from the teacher - she was nice to everyone, resulting in the feeling I didn't learn anything from the course. But it was nice actually drawing life people. :)

Anne Hathaway Pencil Portrait

This is my version of Anne Hathaway. It's done with graphite pencils on Fabriano white ecological artist paper.

Marilyn Monroe Pencil Portrait Drawing

This is my portrait of Marilyn Monroe. 
It's available in my Etsy Store:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/169595054/original-marilyn-monroe-pencil-portrait

Christina Ricci Pencil Portrait Drawing

This is supposed to be Christina Ricci. I think she is not so recognizable but I liked the portrait. When I did the scan I erased her left earlobe accidentally.. I will do a new scan someday - just wanted to post it now. I tried a new method where I used graphite powder and brush along with my pencils.

Natalie Portman

This is my first portrait of Natalie Portman. It's done with graphite pencils on bristol paper - and yes this paper makes all the difference. ;-)

Arya from Game of Thrones

Done with an Ebony Pencil

Lara Croft Pencil Portrait

My daughter Olivia