It’s fun when things turn out different than what you plan for. Once again, the freehand approach bit me in the butt a bit as I set out to draw Pratt as Owen Grady from Jurassic World while sitting on his motorcycle, also leaving me with a ton of white […]
Category: Portraits
Anne Hathaway Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
After almost any project, I tend to just feel the need to do a palette cleanser of a straight-forward pencil drawing. And since I try to draw every night to practice my craft, I want to push detail… and draw pretty things in the process. 
After attempting a colored […]
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters on Black Artagain Paper Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Just for fun one night, I decided to attempt a colored pencil drawing of one of my all-time favorite cinematic villains… the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. And while Hollywood is currently desecrating the original film for the sake of milking the franchise for more money, I still had fun drawing […]
Marty McFly on Black Artagain Paper Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
If you know me, you’ll know that while drawing was my first love, music is probably my second love. I started a Christian music website in 1996 as a sophomore in high school on a little free web page on Angelfire.com. In 1998, the site moved to Jesusfreakhideout.com where it […]
Paul Rudd as Ant-Man Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
After seeing so many inspiring works online, it’s tough to just resort to straight portraits. And after seeing Ant-Man and liking it, it’s tough to resort to a portrait of just Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang or just him suited up as Ant-Man. This one is graphite with colored pencil for […]
The T-Rex and Entry Gates of “Jurassic Park” Freehand Graphite (and Colored Pencil) Drawing
I first started getting more serious about drawing around 1993 or 94 — sometime after “Jurassic Park” came out. I loved the film and collected all of the trading cards and even had the “official movie magazine” about the film. In both the cards set and the magazine, the concept […]
New Originals Up for Sale!
I added a new batch of original drawings up for sale. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! Prints are still available for them, but these originals are first-come, first-serve. Thanks for looking! Newly added: Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor: The Dark World Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Thor: The Dark […]
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Before I started drawing almost daily again, I worked on a Jack Sparrow portrait using the image on a birthday party plate as reference (tis true!). Since then, I’ve pushed myself with detail and taking my time with drawings and such. I decided it was high time to try my […]
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd in “Casino Royale” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Every once in a while, when I’m not sure what to draw but I know I want to do something of interest, I’ll just randomly gravitate towards an image of a favorite character. I loved the James Bond reboot “Casino Royale.” It’s easily in my top 10 movies (if not […]
Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster in TV’s “PSYCH” Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
Gosh, I loved this show. I watched it on NetFlix per a friend’s suggestion and after about a season into its 8-season run, I was hooked. I love the humor, style and the lightness of it. If you know the show, you know Shawn and Gus do a “fist bump” […]
LEGO Captain America Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Following LEGO Batman in colored pencil, I wanted to tackle LEGO Captain America (probably my favorite superhero). I actually almost abandoned this one early on because I wasn’t happy with certain aspects of it, but I’m mostly satisfied with the end result. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/lego-captain-america-drawing-print Purchase link for […]
Scarlett Johansson Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I gotta admit; if I’m going to be staring hours at a photograph to try to reproduce it in pencil, it’s a real nice treat for it to be a pretty face. Between the recent Evangeline, Jennifer, Stana and now Scarlett, it’s been fun to find unique photos to use […]
Steve Carell as Michael Scott in TV’s “The Office” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
The Office is easily one of my all-time favorite TV shows. I often rewatch it while drawing to give me some background noise/entertainment, and while going through Season 2 recently, this image from a talking head at the end of one of the episodes inspired me to grab some screen […]
LEGO Batman from The LEGO Movie Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
LEGO + Batman… enough said! I’m hoping for this to be the start of a new series of colored pencil LEGO superhero portraits. Captain America is up next… Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/lego-batman-drawing-print
Stana Katic Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
On the flip side, following Connelly’s portrait, I chased after the likeness of CASTLE‘s Stana Katic (who plays Kate Beckett on that show) and am far more pleased with the result. This is an entirely freehand graphite pencil drawing. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-stana-katic-who-plays-kate-beckett-on-tvs-castle
Jennifer Connelly Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
I’ve found that sometimes you win some and you lose some. I struggled with this pencil portrait of Jennifer Connelly for too long and, sadly, I don’t think I got it quite right. Sometimes it’s the source image that’s part of the problem, and other times I think I just […]
James Roday as Shawn Spencer from TV’s “Psych” Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
Seriously, you gotta love NetFlix. Thanks to a friend’s recommendation, I checked out the show PSYCH — which I’d never seen before — and I absolutely love it. So I set out to draw James Roday as Shawn Spencer. It’s all graphite on white bristol paper. Purchase link for prints: […]
Evangeline Lilly Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
OK, so I have a soft spot for Evangeline Lilly. After drawing dudes a lot, it’s just nice to stare at a pretty face while drawing. This one was a challenge (as usual?), but I enjoyed it. Instead of turning to colored pencil or an Ebony pencil for the darkest […]
Colored Pencil Sketch of Daniel Craig as James Bond in “Skyfall” On Black Paper
I started a sketch before this one — and a new detailed pencil portrait — but put those on hold once I picked up my first-ever pad of black paper. I keep a folder of images on my iPad of ones that I may some day like to draw. […]
Ron Perlman as Vincent from TV’s “Beauty and the Beast” Commissioned Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I don’t take a lot of commission work mostly due to the time it takes to do a portrait — and so I also don’t necessarily want to draw certain pictures people want me to do. But this one was pretty interesting. I remember my mom being into “Beauty and […]
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Arrow in TV’s “Arrow” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
I think it was soon after Season 2 finished airing that I watched Season 1 of “Arrow” on NetFlix and then Season 2 on Blu-Ray before the recent 3rd season began. While the first season was a little TOO rife with teen-style drama, by now the show is in full-fledged […]
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star Lord in “Guardians of the Galaxy” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
After finishing Drax, and after having re-watched the film with some friends who hadn’t seen it yet, there was a shot of Pratt as Star-Lord in the final scene that just screamed to be drawn. So I loaded it up on my iPad, took a screenshot and used it as […]
Dave Bautista as Drax in “Guardians of the Galaxy” Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
With Guardians of the Galaxy being quite the cinematic phenomenon, people are really wanting “Guardians” themed drawings lately. So, to round out my collection of “Guardians,” I approached this drawing of Drax, played by WWE wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista, using graphite pencil as well as Prismacolor colored pencils and Faber-Castell colored pencils. […]
Eva Green and Daniel Craig as Vesper and Bond in Casino Royale Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After completing solo Eva, I proceeded to attempt to finish the latest Bond/Vesper portrait. Like the solo Eva drawing, this is done with all graphite pencils. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-eva-green-and-daniel-craig-as-vepser-and-james-bond-in-casino-royale
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd in “Casino Royale” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Sometimes after drawing dudes one after another, a guy’s just gotta spend some time looking at a pretty face. I’ve drawn Eva Green before — technically twice already (one solo, one with Bond), but I’ve never really been super happy with those. So, when it came time to pick […]
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters and Animated RGB Winston Drawing
To round out the series, last but certainly not least, is Winston. Not only is Winston Zeddemore an underrated Ghostbuster (who has a much more fleshed-out character in the animated series), but Ernie Hudson’s just an all-around cool guy. (He even responded graciously to my posting of this drawing on […]
Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters with Animated RGB Peter Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
Like Egon before him, this one proved to be a huge struggle for me. First of all, I wanted a different-than-usual pose of Bill as Peter, and I wanted animated Peter to match the character well. I was drawn to the portraitesque post of Bill during Peter’s first encounter with […]
Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters and his Real Ghostbusters character Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
The second in the series and first to get finished (and maybe my favorite of the 4) is Ray and Ray. I took a screenshot from Ghostbusters to get this portrait of Dan and used it as a source for the pencil drawing. Ray is fully in colored pencil. Purchase […]
Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Animated Egon Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
I don’t feel like I’m very creative. I’ll just say it. I enjoy taking photos and making drawings out of them, but if you ask me to draw something from memory or paint some kind of unique imagery, I’ll struggle and the end result will look like a really bad […]
Darth Vader Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Portrait Drawing
Sometimes it can be pretty hard to decide on an image of a person or character to draw. It’s one thing to see an image and think “I want to try drawing that!” and another to know who or what you want to turn into a drawing, but unsure of […]