This is a pencil drawing composed from two photographs, one of baby Anna and the other of her now deceased grandparents. The drawing is 20 x 30 cm in size, approximately A4, and drawn with graphite pencil on paper. I was commissioned by Anna’s mum to draw this portrait for her husband, Anna’s dad. His…
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Large Family Portrait
This is the largest family portrait I have worked on to date. It includes a family of thirteen. The drawing was commissioned as a gift for the grandparents pictured in the drawing with all their children and grandchildren. The drawing is 30 x 50 cm in size drawn with graphite pencil on paper. I had…
Elderly Couple
This pencil sketch was commissioned as a birthday gift for the lady in the photo. Her husband sadly passed away and her daughter decided to gift her a pencil drawing of the two of them. The drawing was based on one very good photograph taken at a special occasion. The couple look so happy here….
Baby girl with her grandfather
This pencil drawing was commissioned as a gift to the grandfather in the image sharing a very special moment with his granddaughter. I worked from one photographs, a selfie the dad took. The drawing is 45 x 35 cm in size, so it is a little on the bigger size compared to what I would…
Vintage Wedding Portraits
These two small drawings were commissioned as a Christmas present to the couples in the photos. I was contacted by their children who are now married and wanted a portrait for their parents of their special moment. They happened to have very similar photographs of their parents at their wedding day cutting their wedding cakes….
Vintage Drawing
This drawing is drawn from a vintage photograph from the early 20th century. It was commissioned by a return client and is of his mother. The photograph has certain romantisizm with strong shadows cast onto the face from the large hat. I softened these shadows a little to show the sitters eyes a little more….
Family Drawing
Christmas orders are in full swing now and I am working away to get all the portraits ready in time. I haven’t had the time to update the blog, so I will try and do that in the next few weeks. This is a family portrait I worked on a few weeks ago. The portrait…
Father Portrait
I have finished working on this portrait today. It is a graphite pencil drawing on Fabriano paper. The size is 25 x 35 cm. The portrait was drawn loosely with graphite pencils HB, 2B, 4B and 5B. I was working from an older photograph that was not very detailed, but because the photo was taken…
Mother and Son portrait
I completed this portrait a couple of weeks ago. It is a lovely drawing of a mother with her son. The portrait was given to the mum as a birthday present from her partner. I worked from two photos for the composition. The drawing was 25 x 30 cm in size and drawn with graphite…
Family Portrait
I have finished this portrait today. It worked out quite well I thought. The scan is looking very close to the original, although I always feel the texture of the paper is really lost in a digital image. I hope you all like it. The drawing is 10″ x 12″ (25 x 30cm) in size…