Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Charcoal Portrait on a whim

A Portrait of my son in charcoal...I did this to experiment some more with charcoal.It has been a dull and rainy day outside...so something to cheer myself up!
Usually I use grid  for my pencil portrait but this one was done freehand,without any measurement.
I guess I will be doing more like these, try different paper and see what emerges!
A3 size, willow charcoal on paper

15 comments:

Prabal said...

I guess this is your son's portrait. Because the features are so strikingly yours. And this looks great. Probably there is more spontaneity in this as it is done on a whim.:)

Anthony Duce said...

The portrait is great. Beautiful son..

Sam Duvall said...

This portrait looks so positive, I can't help but like it. It's very well drawn.

AK said...

Fabulous, nice expressions.

BrandNewStudio said...

Wonderful

Tito said...

Amazing portrait! Your son is really beautiful Arti. Ciao!

Arti said...

Thanks Prabal yes, he is my son, and he has some striking resemblance to me, a mama's boy ! :-)

Arti said...

Thanks Tony..he is growing up and doesn't like to model for me anymore :(
I am using photographs taken earlier!

Arti said...

Thanks Sam. Asit , SKIZo and Tito.
This was a quickly drawn portrait, just wanted to know if I was doing alright on this front!

conservativelybohemian said...

Arti, I swear portraits are your forte. This is amazingly beautiful and I'm loving all the effects you tweaked out of the charcoal. Who needs a grid? Not you, my friend!

Shubhankar Adhikari said...

Amazing artwork.

M.R. Anand said...

nice one for the family album! the light and shadow depiction is beautiful

Arti said...

Thank you so much, Sherry...
Thanks Shubhankar and Anand.

Mariano Zucchi said...

Hi Arti,
I can tell he is growing, very nice !

Arti said...

Thanks Mariano,you have been following my art since more than two years..so you would notice the difference!