This one is easily one of my favorite drawings I did in 2018. In addition to having a beautiful subject (lovely model Simone Dawn De Kock), I just found it a fun and challenging image to try to capture. Not only is she lying on a beach (in SAND, mind […]
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The Rocketeer Freehand Colored Pencil Collage Drawing
Ever since its release, I’ve been a fan of the movie, The Rocketeer. It was long before superhero movies were all the rage, and it was just a great, fun period action movie. I mainly wanted to draw The Rocketeer and Cliff, but with that space on the right… how […]
January Jones Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
From “Unknown” and “X-Men: First Class” is the beautiful January Jones. This was another attempt at something different by mixing colored pencil and graphite for a freehand portrait of January Jones. Purchase link for the original: https://johndibiaseart.com/original-sketch-of-january-jones-not-a-print Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/january-jones-pencil-drawing-print-85-x-11
Eva Green Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
I definitely fell for Eva Green with her performance as Vesper in Casino Royale. Eva is among a short list of actresses I really enjoy drawing — but also find challenging in trying to properly capture them. This one was done entirely freehand with colored pencil (and maybe some marker? […]
Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Ironically, after being at the Boston Fan Expo where I COULD have met Lea and had her sign a drawing, I finally drew her for the first time. This was done entirely freehand in colored pencil. Now… I just need her to hit another convention soon within reasonable driving distance. […]
Pom Klementieff Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
It’s hard not to fall in love with Pom after her performance in Guardians of the Galaxy as Mantis. I wanted to try to capture her in pencil, but do something a little different by adding color to the background. This is a freehand drawing in graphite with colored pencil […]
Andy Serkis Character Drawing Portrait
One actor we hoped to see at the Keystone Comic Con convention who inevitably cancelled is the ever versatile Andy Serkis — known best as Gollum from Lord of the Rings, but also as the voice and performance of Caesar from the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy and Snoke […]
Autographed Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing of Brian Baumgartner from “The Office”
The U.S. version of “The Office” is probably my most favorite TV show of all time, so I jumped at the chance to attend a convention to meet five members of the cast of The Office. I decided to do a couple drawings of them ahead of time (although I […]
Autographed Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing of Angela Kinsey from “The Office”
The U.S. version of “The Office” is probably my most favorite TV show of all time, so I jumped at the chance to attend a convention to meet five members of the cast of The Office. I decided to do a couple drawings of them ahead of time (although I […]
Autographed Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing of Amy Acker
Before I worked on the Person of Interest drawing, I actually did a different portrait of Amy Acker. My first attempt was this one, and, while it really isn’t all that bad, I just wasn’t happy with it… which is what led me to try again. This one was colored […]
Autographed Amy Acker “Person of Interest” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Upon hearing that some of the cast of The Office, as well as the lovely Amy Acker from one of my favorite shows, “Person of Interest,” were coming to a new convention in Philly, I decided to work on some new pieces of art just for the occasion. This one, […]
Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) from “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Let’s be real. It’s hard to imagine anyone else as Han Solo than Harrison Ford. But apparently, Disney could. Alden Ehrenreich did a good job as the character, even if it didn’t feel all that much like the Han we’ve come to love over the past 40 years since he […]
Jaimie Alexander Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
A drawing that started as a sketch and ended up being one I took my time working on on-and-off for months was this one of actress Jaimie Alexander. I loved her in the first two Thor films but really became a fan when she started starring in her show Blindspot. […]
Lauren Daigle Freehand Graphite Pencil Sketch
Late in 2017 and early in 2018, I was working on doing quicker sketches of people as an exercise to cover more, different people and hopefully get faster at drawing realism and portraits. The results weren’t as I’d hoped — and I was usually unhappy with how unfinished the drawings […]
Colored Pencil and Marker Drawing of Egon Spengler, Yakko Warner, and Pinky & the Brain (Autographed)
As if meeting celebrity heroes like Goldblum, Elwes, Fox and Lilly wasn’t enough, it was just amazing to get to meet the voice talent actors Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche! At age 6, I was immediately a fan of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon. I had already loved the movie, and […]
Billy Dee Williams (Autographed) Freehand Colored Pencil and Marker Drawing
Can I just say, what a pleasure it was to actually get to meet Billy Dee Williams! It’s hard to imagine that, in one year, I met actors from my two all-time favorite movies! In April, it was meeting Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters– on my birthday, mind you! Then, as […]
William Shatner as Captain Kirk Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Knowing William Shatner was also appearing at Boston Fan Expo, I started an eleventh hour drawing of Kirk, but I ran out of time to finish it. Also, a friend who attends cons regularly said he’d heard mostly negative experiences from fans meeting him, so the fact we’d have to […]
Autographed Freehand Colored Pencil Marty & Doc Drawing
I have posted this drawing on here before, but when we made the trip to Boston Fan Expo, I took with me just in case it worked out to meet Michael J. Fox and/or Christopher Lloyd. While we did spring for the photo op with Michael, it proved just too […]
Cary Elwes from “The Princess Bride” (Autographed) Freehand Colored Pencil and Marker Drawing
Another draw to attend the Boston Fan Expo was the chance to meet Cary Elwes in the flesh. I’ve been a fan since The Princess Bride, but his appearance in films like Twister, Liar Liar, A Christmas Carol and even the TV show Psych have only cemented my fandom. Knowing […]
Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing for Cover Art
For as long as I’ve loved music, I’ve loved making mixtapes, mix CDs and playlists. For several years now, my music website – Jesusfreakhideout.com – has been releasing independent music samplers – completely FREE to download. For the latest one, I decided to draw Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / […]
Charlize Theron Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Some drawings just take time to finish. This is one of those drawings that I started at one point, set aside, and worked on other things. I’d occasionally pick it up again, but it remained unfinished for a long time. I finally just hit a point where I needed to […]
Steve Carell as Michael Scott Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
If I had to pick one, I think my all-time favorite TV show would be the US version of The Office. At times, it captures office life quite well, but it’s the characters I love coming back to. It’s just a funny show that’s often lighthearted even when it’s a […]
Balki and Larry “Perfect Strangers” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
One show I absolutely loved while growing up was the comedy, Perfect Strangers. Recently I revisited the entire series, binge-watching it from start to finish, and it inspired me to attempt a portrait of the two cousins. I used a mixture of marker (as a base) and colored pencil, and […]
Evangeline Lilly as Wasp (Autographed!) Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Another selling point for our trek to Boston was to meet actress Evangeline Lilly — who is most famous for her role as Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp and as Kate Austen in the show LOST. Evangeline has also carved out a career for herself as a childrens’ author, […]
Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcom in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” and T-Rex, Velociraptor (Autographed!) Freehand Drawing
Confession time… I actually like The Lost World: Jurassic Park. No, I know it’s not as good as the original. And I know it’s not a great movie, but I do really enjoy it. And it came out while I was in high school and I have fond memories of […]
Jenna Fischer Colored Pencil Sketch on Toned Tan Paper
As a response to the warm reception some Office fans gave me regarding my Office themed drawings, I decided to do a “quicker” colored pencil drawing of Jenna Fischer (who played Pam on The Office) and share it with them. The original drawing – which was done freehand on toned […]
Gal Gadot (with Fish Lips!) Freehand Graphite Drawing
Typically, if I’m in a time crunch one night and don’t have a lot of drawing time – or I’m feeling completely unsure of what to draw (and just want to try to capture the beauty of a pretty face), I’ll end up turning to a “stack” of inspirational photographs […]
Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Graphite and Colored Pencil Portrait
To finish – at least for now – my young & old series for Star Wars characters, I set out to draw Obi-Wan Kenobi. The interesting part about this one, was that it was the only character who was played by two different people. But I definitely liked how it […]
Zoe Saldana Freehand Graphite Drawing
In an effort to do more sketches more often of various people, a subject like the beautiful Zoe Saldana is an easy one to gravitate toward. This drawing was done freehand (like the others) with graphite pencils. Link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-zoe-saldana-guardians-of-the-galaxy-avengers-avatar
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing (Autographed!)
The main selling point of going to Chiller on my birthday was to meet an original Ghostbuster himself, Ernie Hudson. The original movie is my favorite film of all-time and has been a favorite since I was quite young. To meet Ernie was a real treat! To make the day […]