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Drawing nephew #1 with coloured pencils


Drawing-nephew-#1

So I'm venturing into drawing the male species now apparently. *faint applause*
And "victim" #1...err I mean male subject #1 is none other than nephew #1. :)


Just to prove that the kid wasn't strong-armed into it, here's a photo of him with his in-progress likeness. *LOL*


I started off with a pencil sketch (on Stathmore Toned Gray A5 sketchbook) that looked nothing like him (let's not include an incriminating photo..*winks*) before getting in with some coloured pencil action. I whipped out my Holbein Artists Colored Pencils for this.


It took a really really long time (a few hours each night for a week or so) to "complete" this drawing because I wanted to only use coloured pencils instead of "cheating" with mixed media supplies. 


Yes, coloured pencil is a very slow medium to work with because it takes a lot of layers to create tonal effects.


"That actually looks like me!" exclaimed nephew #1.


Well, I'm off to find my next male"victim" to draw. :)

Happy week ahead friends!


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8 comments:

  1. Total likeness!!! I loveeeeeeeee it!!!!!

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  2. OMG..Yvonne !! What are you ?? A magician..creating such amazing stuff with color pencils..!!

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  3. He's correct.. it DOES look like him! Nicely done!

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  4. Omword, you are so talented! Amazing likeness, Yvonne, and boy did you ever do a fabulous job getting the depth and shadows with colored pencils!

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  5. Oh my gosh, stunning!! It looks exactly like him!! Wow!! You are amazing!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  6. The sketch was worth all the hours of work. Your nephew is lucky to have such a talented aunt. He now has a one-of-a-kind artwork to treasure forever. Well done!!!!!

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  7. You are AMAZING! This looks totally brilliant.... & it is so like him! AND to do it all in pencil.... wow! AND the t-shirt.... you got that to perfection, as well!!!

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