Between Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch, everyone wondered if the world really needed ANOTHER Sherlock Holmes. Once the modern update, “Elementary” hit TV, I decided it wasn’t worth subscribing to and didn’t watch it. I heard through the grape vine that it was pretty good, so I decided to […]
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Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
As you’ve noticed by now, I’m a huge fan of Ghostbusters. Always have been. I did a drawing of Ray Stantz right out of college and I’m not a huge fan of it, but it sells a lot in my online store (surprisingly to me). So I decided to work […]
Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I finally bit the bullet and attempted this screenshot from the beginning of the film. I’ve been wanting to draw it for years actually. I worked on this from November 26 thru December 3, 2013. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/peter-venkman-ghostbusters-bill-murray-drawing-print-b
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in “Thor: The Dark World” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I recently did a new drawing of Loki and thought it only fair to do a new one of Thor (with more detail than the first drawing). See, when drawing freehand — for me, at least — I have some problems with laying out exactly how the proportions will go […]
Tom Hiddleston as Loki in “Thor: The Dark World” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
For the Avengers release last year, I did a series of pencil drawings where I mixed colored pencil and graphite together. I liked the end result, but the truth is that my heart lies with all-pencil drawings. I’m still trying to improve my pencil skills, so I’m continuing to work […]
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore in “Ghostbusters” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
It’s not secret that I’m a huge Ghostbusters fan. So far, I’ve drawn Peter a few times, Ray twice and Egon a couple of times (for the first time this year). Where’s Winston? Nothing personal, Ernie, I just never got around to drawing Winston before. I had a really hard […]
Andrew Schwab of Project 86 Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Still digging the idea of drawing my own original photo work, I took a photo of one of my favorite vocalists, Andrew Schwab of the band Project 86, from Uprise Festival last month, and decided to give it a shot. It’s all pencil (I corrected the shiny background the scanner […]
Skillet’s John Cooper Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Next I chose a photo I had just recently taken at Uprise Fest in September 2013 and decided to draw John Cooper, frontman of the rock band Skillet. I’ve been a fan of their music since first hearing a sampler BEFORE their debut album came out in 1996. Needless to […]
Family Force 5’s Solomon Olds Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Continuing a run of artist portrait drawings, I decided to choose Family Force 5’s Solomon Olds, especially after his announcement of retiring from the band. I’ve been a fan of them since first seeing them perform a showcase in Nashville in 2005. I took the original photo at Purple Door […]
TobyMac (in Concert) Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After drawing the recent Jon Foreman portrait, I really liked the feeling of drawing a photo I took and just really liked the idea of doing more drawings like that. So to start, I decided to work on a photo I took of TobyMac in concert on his Hits Deep […]
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Truth be told, my first pencil portraits were of CCM artists back in the mid 90s. Artists like DC Talk and PFR were frequent subjects as I tried to figure out my way around drawing faces (they’re quite embarrassing to look at today). Back around 2000 I did a drawing […]
Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen in “Burn Notice” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After drawing Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe, I found it only necessary to draw Burn Notice’s central character, Michael Westen. I figured it was timely given the pending demise of the show this month… (And I’m going to miss it!) Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-jeffrey-donovan-as-michael-westen-in-burn-notice
Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe in “Burn Notice” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I have my new sister-in-law to thank for getting me hooked on Burn Notice last fall. I ended up watching all six seasons in a matter of just a couple weeks. Now with it currently running its final episodes, I felt inspired to draw Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe (definitely […]
Jenna Fischer Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
As being a big fan of the US “The Office” TV show, I had been wanting to draw Steve Carell for a while. In searching for photos of Michael Scott, this lovely picture of Jenna Fischer (Pam on The Office) popped up. So I decided it would make a great […]
Jerry Seinfeld Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
This drawing, which I worked on a few hours a night from July 30 to August 7, was a new challenge. I won’t reveal just why, but let’s just say… it wasn’t the usual draw-a-picture-of-a-picture kind of portrait. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out (although I think […]
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman” Freehand Graphite Drawing
I hate drawing backgrounds. However, I realize drawing backgrounds is a good practice and usually makes drawings look more complete. I’ve been drawing a portrait since July 1st that I keep putting aside because really all that’s left is a striped shirt and a leafy background. Yeah, this isn’t that […]
Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler in “Ghostbusters II” Freehand Graphite Drawing
I love drawing stuff related to my favorite film, Ghostbusters, so when it came time to find a photo to use as a source for Egon, the best I could find was a still from Ghostbusters 2 in the courtroom. But I love the shot and I love the expression […]
Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas in “Dumb and Dumber” Freehand Graphite Drawing
A classic film that I’ve known needed treatment for a while is Dumb and Dumber. However, given the age of the movie, it’s tough to find stills from the movie to draw from. Still, when I found the source photo that I would use for the above drawing, I thought […]
Martin Freeman as John Watson in BBC’s Sherlock Freehand Graphite Drawing
Somehow I missed posting this one, but I did really enjoy working on Sherlock’s Watson. I love Martin Freeman as an actor and I originally hadn’t planned on drawing him as Watson, but after watching the show–and then drawing Benedict — I felt I needed to add Watson. For this […]
Rachel Weisz Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
In late June, 2013, I decided to follow Superman with a portrait of Rachel Weisz, an actress I’ve enjoyed the work of since I first saw her in Chain Reaction and then The Mummy. For this one, I really tried to push detail again and use various grades of pencils. […]
Henry Cavill as Superman in Man of Steel Freehand Colored Pencil/Graphite Drawing
Here’s the final scan of the aforementioned Superman portrait. After seeing the film “Man of Steel” at midnight on 6/14/13, I started work on this drawing later that morning. I finished it three days later (but “four” sessions: 6/14, 15, 16, 17) in the AM… I used mostly Prismacolor Premiere […]
Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
With all the hype surrounding the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, and with the recent completion of my drawing of “Shatner” Kirk, I decided it was a good time to add Spock to the mix. For this one, like the Kirk drawing, I did all of his skin in […]
Sean Connery as James Bond Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After finishing the Indiana Jones drawing, I decided to return to drawing something from scratch and worked on this image of Sean Connery as James Bond. I’d wanted to draw him, but didn’t want to draw one of the most commonly seen iconic images; there were enough drawings of those. […]
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones Freehand Graphite Drawing
This drawing has kind of an interesting story. I started it on February 5, 2009 and worked on it for a total of five different times during that month before abandoning it. I really didn’t like how it looked and I didn’t like feeling like I was wasting time on […]
Drawing of Tom Cruise in Minority Report
(finished product, April 27, 2013) This drawing has an interesting story to me… I started it in my sketchbook on December 30, 2002 and apparently only worked on it the following day before never coming back to it. (Although I remember working on it on a break at my job […]
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (Iron Man) Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
When trying to think of another subject to draw next, I thought of the pending Iron Man 3 movie coming out and I thought about how I like the Iron Man/Tony Stark hybrid drawing I’ve done, but I knew the portrait of Robert Downey as Tony Stark could be better. […]
Audrey Hepburn Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait
To be honest, I’m not a big fan of “Hey! You should draw _____”, but recently someone said that and filled in the blank with “Audrey Hepburn” and I realized “Yeah… that’d be cool!” So here ya go. The first attempt from a different photograph wasn’t panning out, so I […]
Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard in LOST Freehand Graphite Drawing
How could I do a series of LOST portraits and not draw Jack Shephard, right? I’m finding that it’s tough to know when a drawing is “done” as I’m pushing myself with detail. This is a computer scan of the drawing, so it doesn’t capture the darker areas as dark […]
Jim Caviezel as John Reese in Person of Interest Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
This is a pencil portrait I did of Jim Caviezel as John Reese in the TV show Person of Interest. This is actually my second attempt at Caviezel in a row. I started working on one drawing and was super unhappy with it, so I abandoned it and started this […]
I’m Now on Facebook!
Last week I decided to bite the bullet and launch my own Facebook Page dedicated to my art pursuits. I’ve posted most of my drawings on there (even some not on here) and will be posting progress-report cell phone captures of drawings in progress too. Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/JohnDiBiaseArt […]