Continuing a run of sketches on toned paper in quicker bursts of time, I opted for this Colored Pencil Sketch of Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. Love the film. Love the character, and I thought I’d give this one a shot. It was a lot of fun. The original […]
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Colored Pencil Sketch of Darth Vader in Star Wars
The same night I finished Ron Perlman as Vincent, I decided to try to punch out a quick sketch. Less than 2 hours later (with some of that time being spent drawing this while watching TV), I had this Darth Vader colored pencil drawing. It’s on 9×12 Toned Gray paper. […]
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 […]
Henry Cavill as Superman in “Man of Steel” Freehand Colored Pencil Sketch
I took a stab next at a drawing of Henry Cavill as Superman one night… but after failing to nail a different pose properly. I scrapped it and went with this one instead. Mostly happy with the result… Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/henry-cavill-as-superman-in-man-of-steel-colored-pencil-sketch-drawing-print
Colored Pencil Sketch of Emmet Brickowski from “The LEGO Movie”
This was pretty fun too — trying to capture Emmet from a screenshot from “The LEGO Movie.” This one was just a couple hours one night while watching TV. Prints are available upon request!
Colored Pencil Sketch of Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in “Captain America: The First Avenger”
My third attempt at doing a full, quick sketch in one night went to Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger — a character that’s been making waves on TV in the show “Agent Carter.” This one was pretty fun, but tricky to get the likeness down quickly.
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Arrow in TV’s “Arrow” Freehand Colored Pencil Sketch
The next night, I worked on the Toned Gray paper for the first time. I decided to try a new pose of Arrow and see if I couldn’t just improve on the other likeness. I liked the vibe of this pose too. I used Prismacolor and Faber-Castell colored pencils and […]
Colored Pencil Sketch of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit” Trilogy
While working on a commission piece and also while working on another portrait, I felt inspired to visit Blick and get some different papers to experiment on. Also, I wanted to try my hand at some quick original drawings that I could work on in a few hours and sell […]
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 […]
Emily Blunt as Rita in “Edge of Tomorrow” Freehand Graphite Drawing
After seeing “Edge of Tomorrow,” I was inspired to draw Miss Emily Blunt. I actually attempted reproducing an image from a movie poster she’s on for the movie but I couldn’t quite get her profile just right. So, a few months later, I tried to tackle a movie still. It […]
Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski as Chuck and Sarah from TV’s “Chuck” Freehand Graphite Drawing
After getting addicted to the TV show “Chuck” this year and binge-watching all 5 seasons on NetFlix, I knew I wanted to draw Chuck, and not just Chuck, but Chuck with Sarah. It’s always a challenge to freehand draw two people in one image and get proportions right, but I’m […]
Zoe Saldana as Gamora in “Guardians of the Galaxy” Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
Following Star-Lord and Rocket & Groot, I got a few requests for Gamora and decided to oblige. This is about half and half graphite and colored pencil. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-zoe-saldana-as-gamora-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy
Godzilla 2014 Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
My dad’s a huge Godzilla fan. I decided to do this piece in secret for his birthday this year and found the scales to be especially challenging. I then decided to dare to change it a bit by adding in a parajumper and helicopter from other promotional imagery and then […]
Emmet Brickowski in The LEGO Movie Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Inspired no doubt by finishing Scrat, I decided to take a still photo from The LEGO Movie and draw Emmet in the comfort of his own home… Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/full-color-drawing-print-of-emmet-brickowski-from-the-lego-movie Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/emmet-brickowski-from-the-lego-movie-original-colored-pencil-drawing-not-a-print
Scrat “Ice Age” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
When going through some old papers, I found an unfinished drawing of Scrat from the first Ice Age film (so you know it’s OLD!). I decided, while on this colored pencil kick, to finish it. Above is the finished, below is the state I originally rediscovered it in. Purchase link […]
Yoda “Empire Strikes Back” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Continuing to practice more with colored pencil, I decided to work on Yoda from my second favorite film of all time, The Empire Strikes Back. This one was certainly a challenge, but a rewarding experience regardless. I used all Prismacolor colored pencils and a little graphite to get in some […]
More Original Pieces Up for Sale
It’s time for me to part with some more of my original works. I store them in my portfolios and I realize they’re just being “wasted” hidden in between pages of other hidden works — when people can be enjoying them on their walls or wherever. The pricing depends on […]
Original Artwork for Sale
If you ever see a print of something on Etsy that you’d be interested paying top dollar for, feel free to private message me on Etsy with your best offer. I’ll let you know if I’m interested or not. For the most part, the originals aren’t on sale because I […]
Harrison Ford as Han Solo Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Truth be told, colored pencil is outside my comfort zone. However, I see other artists do INCREDIBLE things with it all the time, and it makes me want to push myself to get better at it. I decided I want to try my hand at more colored pencil work and […]
Drawing of Plumb
Since 1997, I’ve been an avid listener and fan of Plumb and her music (in other words, since “Plumb” was a band, not just Tiffany’s performing alias). As a follow-up to Yvonne as a proverbial artistic reset button, I decided to try my hand at this portrait of Plumb. (Print […]
Yvonne Strahovski (“Chuck” / “24: Live Another Day”) Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Doing just straight-up pencil drawings is kind of a palette cleanser for me. So after (or sometimes during) working on something that detail and/or color intensive, I’ll just start a drawing like this one for fun and further practice. After getting totally addicted to the show “Chuck” via NetFlix, I […]