Compared to the other drawings, his head seems freakishly small to me in relation to the paper, but actually its probably the size I should have done all of them. Yes, its another blue-eyed kid (and there will be more, I'm certain):
I knew a blue background would look great with his eyes, but frankly I'm getting tired of doing these last few the same. So I tried something different and went with a light gray. But when I started adding the color to his face and shirt, they seemed way to bright with the gray...does he look like Pee Wee Herman to anyone else at this point?
His shirt was definitely going to be a lot of work, but if I got it right it would make the portrait look nice. He also had freckles so I used more warm yellows across his nose (he is the brother to #5 and #3). I started experimenting with the background, and here I added some warmer darker grey to see if it would help:
The shirt is turning out well, so far. The warm grey helped the background a little, but it still doesn't look great. I tried adding green and purple behind him just for fun. It turned out interesting, but still not the best. His face was really coming together well here, but was taking a lot of time because I was trying to simulate pink with my red and peach colors:
The rest of this was finished after I came home. I regret that I wasn't as meticulous with the rest of his shirt, and its a little distracting. I added the pink to his flesh tones as well as drawing in his freckles and a few more details. In the end, I gave in and added the blue to the background. I like it because the underlying colors give it more depth, so its not exactly the same as the other blue portraits. For the most part, it turned out well:
8 comments:
Well done! I was very impressed with how well the teeth turned out. In one picture it was barely there and the next it looked fantastic!
You are amazing. Simply amazing.
Honestly, you could do a post like this all the time, and I would never get bored. All your portraits look great to me.
Cardine basically said what I was intending on writing here... You are amazingly talented. I am blown away every time I see one of these.
I am also always impressed! I think the shirt turned out well. I was trying to figure out what was distracting about it. :) I like the different background too.
thanks guys. If you really want to be impressed, go to google images and type in 'portraits'...then you will see why I keep saying I'm not a portrait artist! But I appreciate the support.
I love watching the step-by-step process. It's so cool to watch the color creep in. Great job!
Wow, it looks really good! Those people are really getting their money's worth. Seriously, well done.
I hope we'll get to see you and hang out with you a bit this weekend!
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