This portrait was created November-December 2008

This is a portrait of my sister and her husband.  I used 6h,4h,2h,hb,2b,4b,6b leads.  I really enjoyed working with the texture of Brads sweater and Maria’s hair.  It was challenging making a portrait of someone I know because you think you know what a person looks like until you really look.

This portrait was taken from a 8×10 phototgraph and manually enlarged using a grid technique.  Using lead harnesses 6h,4h,2h,hb,2b,4b,and 6b, it was done on  11×14 bristol board.  I did the entire first layer with the 6h and 4h leads and moved to the shadows with the subsequent leads.    This was a second drawing done for myself, the first one commisioned by my sister and done on coldpress board with a 2″ border on the sides and top and a 3″  border on the bottom.