portraits

Love to draw figures and portraits.

Ink on scratchboard.

Ink on paper.

Patternz - series 2

1st of the 'Patternz' series 1

Part of the drawing a day project. 2018

Two spreads featuring Victorian portraits made with ink and watercolor.

Staring contest with Vermeer at the Met Museum

Some random boat races.

Black and white Ink drawing

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toxic tears

Markers and ink portrait of little unknown girl.

(HB pencil on a 125mm x 75mm note card) The giant family robot. Loves his pigeons!

Charcoal and conte blanc on green sketchpaper

Inktober Day 2 of my own prompt list.

2023, Ballpoint pens on 5” x 8” (10” x 8” Double page spread) acid free Moleskine sketchbook paper, Adobe Photoshop.

Last month's sketchbook work. Slightly wonky because I was kinda rushing it. 2023, Double Page Spread-5” x 8,” Ballpoint Pen on Moleskine Sketchbook.

This was my final project for the "Portrait Sketchbooking" course by Gabriela Niko on Domestika.

Meadhbh with her long wild red hair all over the place. 2023, 5” x 8,” Ballpoint Pen on Moleskine Sketchbook.

From 2021, Meadhbh massaging her neck after a long pose. Red Bic pen drawing converted to black and white in Photoshop.

SteveO with his arms up. An old ballpoint pen sketch from several years ago. Red Bic pen layer converted to black and white.

This is a little practice run with faces, all drawn from my head without sketching in pencil first.

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