Saturday 19 March 2011

Luligirl for JKPP

Luligirl for JKPP by Frank B10
Luligirl for JKPP a photo by Frank B10 on Flickr.
Much as I love watercolour painting, sometimes a desire comes over me to just get a pencil and draw. In this case, it's portraiture again. For some reason, I've always had trouble getting long hair to look realistic, maybe it's because of the long continual strokes needed - I don't know. This time, I think I am getting somewhere near.

7 comments:

  1. Lovely portrait.Very clean and proportions are great.

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  2. Wow! There's great feeling in this portrait. I am mesmerised by the twinkle in her eyes and the smile that's almost ready to break into a laugh. Great job, Frank! xx

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  3. This is a really nice portrait Frank. First class. I fully understand your desire to pick up a pencil from time to time. Good job.

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  4. Hi Frank .... Oh ! I agree with Pat, that you have captured this girl's essence in the drawing. It is lovely - and I think the hair is well done. :)

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  5. Thanks Prabal, Pat, John and Alice for commenting - all of your words are really encouraging.

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  6. Great job on the hair. The entire portrait is lovely.

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  7. I think it's great Frank! The hair is always the worst bit for me too. I find charcoal to be far easier to use than pencil when it comes to hair because it's easy to blend and lift out highlights. My recent pencil portrait was a challenge in comparison :0)

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