Wednesday 29 January 2014

Weekly Face on Weds

If I keep this up I may start losing friends lol I am under no illusions about my drawing abilities, I certainly don't claim to be good at portraits...but I do quite like doing them...and I don't think they look truly dreadful. ...although lots of room for improvement. 

So I started with a quick outline..


then I started to shade the hair.. 


more work on the hair..


trying to get in the darkest darks I really should learn to switch to a softer pencil but I never do. I stick with a regular HB throughout... lol


all done, or at least as done as  it will ever be.. I wonder if anyone will recognize her?



Darcy x




11 comments:

  1. You have captured Gillian so well, hope you are both pleased with your final image. You have done a fantastic job Darcy!

    You CAN draw portraits & you are good despite your reservations. I think you are über talented & love to see your work:-) x

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  2. I recognised Gillian from the first sketch, even though I have only seen pictures of her, small ones at that on web pages! Pretty impressive!

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  3. That's fabulous I love how you see the portrait developing!

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  4. But that's Gillian, no? Fabulous!
    Alison x

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  5. The eyes are drawn with so much love. You must really like this person as it shows in her warm and happy eyes.

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  6. Hehe when did I sit long enough for you to draw this ... you are so creative in your sketches & uber talented. x

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  7. Well it looks like Gillian to me,I recognised her straight off - so well done you!! I could never do anything this likes. Great subject for your face on Wednesday!

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  8. oops, it's too early, that should have said I could never do anything like this, not sure what order my fingers were typing in there....

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  9. well it's totally obvious who it is. really clever Darcy!

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  10. Great sketch. Us wot can't draw are in awe

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