portraits

"And I Can't Get It Out of My Head" Watercolor I feel like I may be cheating since the song I was inspired by is not so simple, but I'm pleased with the result. To be completely honest, this was the piece I needed right now. The past week has been interesting for me, I've found myself in a peculiar slump. There's not one thing I'm thinking or worrying about, it's a constant buzz of thoughts streaming through my head. Sometimes I can get the buzzing to quiet down, other times it gets overwhelmingly loud. I've always found art to be a release, it fills in the blanks when I can't figure out how to make my words work. Lately, it's been more of a challenge than usual, but I think this piece says all I've been wanting to say.

Ball point pen portrait photo reference by Lee Jefries

I've been having a lot of prickly thoughts lately...but at least there's still the tiny bee who visits occasionally.

Quizás, quizás, quizás

Patternz - series 1

Part of the drawing a day challenge - somedays I deffo feel like this!

Amber Rose Revah as the character Dinah Madani in the Disney+ (Netflix?) series ‘The Punisher.’ Moleskine Sketchbook Sketch

Troye Sivan 'BLOOM' album portrait.

My second ever attempt at charcoal.

Gold and Blues

Seemingly trapped indoors and inside your head indefinitely, the possibility of living a normal life after COVID seems like a fevered dream. Still one of my favourite drawings from 2020 and a technique breakthrough. Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

The one subject that I don’t like to draw, so I have to force myself to draw them. Whenever I do draw them, they end up looking weird.

Reference photo by @omar_et_julie

This is a painting I did in Procreate based on another artists' character.

Scribbling with my eyes closed.. and then creating an image out of the scribbles.

I drew based on a photo. It became a little darker than the original. I drew as an exercise. Tools: Derwent graphite pencils ; Paper size: A3

Imagining a better future in the time of COVID isolation seems like a fevered dream. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

Done first using pencil and then added color in Photoshop. Angel Ganev's challenge on Instagram.

Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper. A breakdown of the Bic4 pen and No-name 10 colour pen layering that I’ve used. Drawing in a single direction instead of using back-and-forth movement alleviates some of the blotching that happens when using ballpoint pens. The back-and-forth method usually deposits the gunk that builds up on the tip of the ballpoint, smearing them in unexpected and unfortunate places on the drawing. When using the back-and-forth method, I usually have a napkin handy in order to clean the tip of the pen. Model: Meadhbh (Maeve)

Done on gray toned paper with grayscale pastels

1st drawing for March 18 - part of the drawing a day challenge

Portrait of a fox

It's definitely been a bit since I've posted, sorry about that, things have gotten very chaotic very quickly. I'm officially less than a month out from graduation (the finish line is almost here!), which also means it's time for my teachers to cram in projects. Other than that, I'm happy to say I received two official art commissions! I'm hoping to get something set up to hopefully begin selling some pieces, but, for now, I'll have some pieces in a gallery soon. Things, things, things, and Tony's face. Part of a larger project, hopefully to be completed soon.

Charcoal, charcoal powder and carbon pencil.

I actually finally got round to framing this piece I did and hanging it up on my wall the other day, which made me really happy :). Tool used: acrylics, colouring pencils, posca markers on brown A4 card.

Another experiment to draw myself with charcoal, graphitepencils and a bit of oilcolor

Two hour sketch that will be presented in my first personal exhibition ❤

Robot from the movie Alien