Illustration Friday: Portrait


This is drawn from a picture of my oldest exactly (nearly 8 now) when he was 11 months old. He was so cute.

I used black and white prismacolor pencils on beige canson paper.I love toned paper.
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10 comments:

  1. Jeope6/08/2006 9:14 PM

    Adorable, Julie. Nice subtle touches with the white pencil. Great work.

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  2. Unknown6/08/2006 10:42 PM

    THis is beautiful and very precious!

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  3. FoodChiCa6/08/2006 10:56 PM

    He is cute indeed! I like the roundness of the lines you need to use to draw a baby's portrait and this one is great!

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  4. Anonymous6/09/2006 2:45 AM

    That's really nice, with the contrast between the highlights and the dark eyes and other spots.

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  5. Grangry6/09/2006 5:37 AM

    Oh wow! What a lovely happy illustration! Nice white touches, have to try that!

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  6. E Colquhoun6/09/2006 8:09 PM

    Nice drawing!

    Eric
    http://haydaily.blogspot.com/

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  7. Kactiguy6/11/2006 5:15 PM

    fer cute!

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  8. Ken Chandler6/14/2006 11:10 AM

    Beautiful! I need to do that with my own children, though portraiture has never been my strong suit. Very nicely done. And good luck on your latest publications. Sounds like a busy time.

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  9. Julie Olson6/14/2006 3:45 PM

    Thank you, Ken. A tip- don't approach it as a portrait...just as a drawing and use all the same techniques...measure spatial relationships, proper shading, etc. Thanks for visiting.

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  10. TXArtcGal6/15/2006 3:53 PM

    What a beautiful portrait! I also love using toned paper.

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