One of the things I really liked about the James Bond reboot Casino Royale was his vulnerability in falling for Vesper (and how that all inevitably lead to him becoming “James Bond”). I really liked Eva Green in the role, so I decided to give a drawing of her a […]
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William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
After Obi-Wan, I received another suggestion for drawing Kirk and decided I liked the idea. I started this and someone asked if I’d be working in the captain color of yellow somewhere, so I decided to do his entire shirt in yellow. That was definitely a challenge but I really […]
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
After drawing Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark, I decided to try tackling a lightsaber-wielding Jedi for the first time. I’ve wanted to do a Star Wars hybrid like this and I enjoyed Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan in the prequels, for the most part. This was pretty fun and challenging. All […]
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 […]
Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) from the show LOST Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Next in my LOST series is Desmond. Definitely my favorite character from the show. I like the photo and thought it was a unique one to work on… (February 2013) Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-desmond-played-by-henry-ian-cusick-from-lost Purchase link for the original: https://johndibiaseart.com/henry-ian-cusick-as-desmond-from-lost-original-drawing-not-a-print-9×12
Terry O’Quinn as John Locke from LOST Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait
Here’s another I did with drafting pencils and was really happy with the detail. It’s the second entry into my LOST series… Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-terry-oquinn-as-john-locke-from-lost Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/terry-oquinn-as-john-locke-from-lost-original-drawing-not-a-print-9×12
Iron Man Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
At the request of someone, I took this challenge because I thought it actually sounded like fun — and would be a challenge. And indeed it was! I laid this drawing of Iron Man out in light pencil first and then went through with various Prismacolor Premiere colored pencils to […]
Nathan Fillion in “Firefly” Freehand Graphite Commissioned Pencil Portrait Drawing
I’m pretty behind here on posting the latest projects, so it’s catch-up time. Here goes! As a Christmas gift for a dear friend I worked up a sketch of Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal from the popular, cancelled-after-1-season-show, Firefly. It was completed at the end of November in time for […]
Full Color Captain America Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing
Graphite pencil is my comfort zone. I started out there, I feel most comfortable there. But it’s pictures like this one that inspire me to go color. It’s a vibrant source photo (a promo for The Avengers movie) and it just aches to be drawn in color. So I decided […]
Bob Hope Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
After finishing the Luke sketch, I again wasn’t sure where to go next, and loved this pose when I stumbled upon it, so I found this to be the fun next entry into my collection of portraits. This drawing of Bob Hope was done entirely in pencil during September, 2012. […]
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
After I finished the Mac drawing, I wasn’t sure what to work on next. I came to decide that I’ve never drawn Luke Skywalker and that needed to be remedied. This is a drawing of a promo shot of Luke / Mark Hamill for Empire Strikes Back. All of it […]
Mac Powell of Third Day Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait
What’s interesting about this drawing of Third Day’s Mac Powell is that it’s the first pencil portrait I’ve done from a photo I’ve taken. I took this at Winter Jam 2010 in January and worked on it on and off for a couple months that year. Then my “studio” of […]
Leigh Nash Drawing Portrait
In July, 2012, I felt inspired by listening to the latest Sixpence None The Richer album, Lost In Translation, to work on a new portrait of Leigh Nash. I’d drawn Leigh years ago in college for my sister-in-law Mim (who’s a huge fan) and then did another one just for […]
Tom Hiddleston “Loki” Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
As part of my Avengers series, I answered a few requests by working on this drawing of Tom Hiddleston as Loki over the summer. Like the other Avengers sketches, it was created using mostly regular graphite pencils with some colored pencil for his cape. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-of-loki-tom-hiddleston-from-marvels-avengers
Process of a Portrait: Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)
My latest project is Mark Ruffalo and Hulk which takes my personal experimentation of mixed media to the next level. Here, I decided to do Ruffalo/Bruce Banner entirely in pencil and then fill in Hulk completely in color. The other challenge was merging two different pictures for the first time […]
Chris Hemsworth “Thor” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
The third in this series was Thor, which came together relatively quickly. However, as you can probably gather by looking at the drawing, the details in his suit were a bit more time consuming. Again, I used pencil as well prismacolor pencils for the red cape. (This scan doesn’t quite […]
Myrna Loy Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
This drawing of classic actress Myrna Loy, was completed at the end of April/early May 2012 and presented a different challenge. The soft look in the photo was a different texture than I usually work with, and simply using an ordinary paper napkin as a blending tool ended up serving […]
Bill Murray “Peter Venkman” Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
I believe this drawing was done last fall sometime, but it was a fun project. Aside from this film remaining at the top of my list of favorites, it was fun to experiment with a different size source photo… and then to decide whether or not I should add in […]
Steve Carell “Michael Scott” The Office Freehand Pencil Portrait Drawing
As a fan of Steve Carell and The Office, I’ve tried to do some drawings of Steve several times over the years (the closest “good” one I’ve done was from his Evan Almighty promo photos, but I don’t like it enough to share it 🙂 ). This sketch was completed […]
Drawing Fever — Ray Stantz Real Ghostbusters Freehand Marker Drawing
Since launching my “drawing-a-day” campaign, I’ve just been focusing on having fun stretching myself and making sure it all stays fun. As mentioned earlier, I did unearth my old comic book collection and have been using that as inspiration for different styles of drawing. Before leaving for work in Nashville […]
Myrna Loy and William Powell Pencil Drawing
I drew this picture in December of 2009 as a gift for my wife Amy for Christmas. William Powell and Myrna Loy starred together in about eleven or twelve films together, six of which were part of the popular mystery comedies “The Thin Man.” I started this on a Saturday […]