I love the BBC show Sherlock and have done a couple drawings of these guys before (several years ago now), but I’ve never drawn them in color. The reference photo I used for this drawing not only was saturated in blue colors, but had the guys standing further apart. I decided to squeeze them into the same frame and keep the blue tones. I’m a little on the fence on if I like the blues in this, but it was definitely a challenge to do overall.
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/496712446/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of
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Sigh. It’s hard to believe Carrie Fisher is really gone…
I use my iPad as a way to display the source photo I’m drawing so I can look at the image and then try to replicate it on the paper nearby (by eyeballing it). Anyway, I keep a folder of images I like that I’d like to possibly draw someday and this was one that was in it for quite a while. Well… with Carrie’s passing, I thought it was time to try it. (Freehand colored pencil)
It now hangs in our dining room.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/495460272/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of
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Amy and I used to have date nights almost every week when our preschooler son would stay over at his grandparents. But with him in school now, date nights are few and far in between. Right after Christmas this past year, we had one rare night out and I decided to surprise her by taking her to see La La Land. All I knew about it was that Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were in it, it was getting great reviews, and it was a musical. Turns out, she LOVED it, and so did I, and I decided to attempt a freehand drawing of the pair. It was … tricky to say the least, but she seems to love the drawing, so I suppose that’s all that matters 😉 But you can be sure I won’t be doing anything quite this complicated again for a while 😉
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/508420095/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of-emma
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I grew up watching Star Trek (in addition to Star Wars. We can like BOTH, people.), but I especially liked Star Trek: The Next Generation as a pre-teen. I’ve done a couple drawings of original Star Trek characters before, but never anyone from TNG. Picard marks the first… (Although, fun fact, as I was learning to draw, I did a bunch of sketches of the ships from the show. I still have them somewhere…)
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/503811219/colored-pencil-drawing-of-patrick
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Sometimes I see a photo and just really feel inspired to try to draw it. I loved Evangeline Lilly in the show LOST and was honored when she shared one of my previous drawings on her social media channels. But, truth be told, I haven’t been completely satisfied with any of my drawings of her yet. So when I was between drawings, I decided to take a stab at this one (and honestly, I started it once, it wasn’t turning out, so I scrapped it. I then tried again a few nights or a week later). I do kind of like this one, but I still doubt it’ll be the last time I draw Evie 😉
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/488971956/drawing-print-of-evangeline-lilly-from
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I loved Star Wars: Rogue One and wanted to do a portrait of Cassian. This was definitely a tricky one to work on. (Freehand colored pencil)
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/501971973/colored-pencil-graphite-drawing-print-of
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I absolutely love the new TV show Timeless. Abigail Spencer is one of the main characters, playing a historian traveling through time. And when I wanted to draw her, it was tough to decide on a picture to draw, but I liked this one. The angle was definitely a challenge, but I like how the color turned out.
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/486218282/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of
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Another drawing I hadn’t finished was a pencil portrait of Margot Robbie. (And I finished this one while watching a review copy of Suicide Squad… which she was excellent in, but the movie wasn’t great). This too is a freehand pencil drawing.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/484626074/drawing-print-of-margot-robbie
Etsy link for the original:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/484624772/original-drawing-of-margot-robbie-not-a
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After finishing Gerard, I decided it was high time to finish some portraits that I’d started but never completed. This one was started in September and wasn’t finished until early December!
Freehand colored pencil Jessica Alba.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/497548441/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of
Etsy link for the original:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/498118709/original-colored-pencil-drawing-of
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The latest commission piece is a full colored pencil portrait of Gerard Butler as Marek in the movie “Timeline”
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/483216652/colored-pencil-drawing-print-of-gerard
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