Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Smiling Black Haired Girl- Portrait in Pencil

This is one of the 12 sketches that we used in our our 2012 calendar.This is an asian girl, probably Srilankan; with gorgeous hair and beautiful eyes.
A3, pencil on paper.

14 comments:

  1. Wow, I love this Arti! You achieved so much depth and contrast, especially in the hair and eyes! What pencils did you use?

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  2. Thanks Katherine...I used a .5 mechanical pencil for the skin color and 2B, 4B for the darker tones.

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  3. Beautiful, Arti,her face is glowing so much, good play of contrast.

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  4. She's so beautiful, Arti and you did an amazing job with her!!!

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  5. It is as if looking at a photograph, or even waiting for her to talk to me. She is a beauty, Arti!

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  6. This is amazing. Great expressions captured in those eyes.
    Keep it up.

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  7. This is beautiful and full of life. Just wonderful Arti. :)

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  8. Thanks Jyoti, Marrouch, Sherry, River,Hilda, Vinayak and Crystal.

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  9. Wow, you are so talented, Arti! I love your drawings, and this portrait is simply wonderful! I love it! Brava!

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