Portraits

I couldn't resist ... colour :)

Portraits ...

Alan Rickman again, in two great roles :)

The blue is a sketch in col-erase; the black and white
is done with graphite.

I personally like the graphite sketch; I did it by trying to deal
with major areas of shade or shadow as blocks of space. I remember reading
in an art magazine once, that the details of a person's face (in portraiture) matter
less than drawing the major structures of that person's skull ... Those basic
things, like size and placement of eye sockets, angle and sharpness of cheekbones, etc.
will be more important in producing a convincing likeness than the details and finer shadows.
I like how those portraits look ... unified and solid.

A sketch

This is my niece, Ava :) She is such a cutie, with beautiful eyes!

This sketch was done in Corel Painter :)

Revised leica ...

Arggg... the sound is slow again. Well, as far as visuals go, here is the revised version of 'The Littlest Dragonboater'. I'll be working at figuring out a compression that works for playing it on blogspot, and then you'll get to see this as it was intended to be viewed.

Portraits

Recently, I've been enjoying the performances of Mr. Alan Rickman in his various movie roles. I've been quite impressed with his work and have had some fun drawing portraits of him in different styles and media :).

Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) in colour -- line work done in pen, and colour painted in photoshop.

(line-work)

Some sketches

This is Maya :) ... well, one small sketchy drawing of her anyways.
I hope to make a really nice one of her sometime soon!

This is a sketch done in pen. I love seeing how close together and how fine I can
make the lines.

A life drawing ... done in nu-pastel on newsprint.

And again, my favorite, the messy accidental look of pen.

Leica ... rough cut

I don't know if this version will show the music and sound in sync with the rest ... I hope so.
This lecia is the result of a LOT of revision and discussion. If anyone finds any part of this little story confusing, please feel free to let me know. I highly value your input!
Enjoy the Littlest Dragonboater.