Sometimes I get the honor of doing commission pieces. This is a full-color colored pencil drawing of Elizabeth McGovern as Snow White from “Faerie Tale Theatre”.
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The only reference I had for Blake Lively’s work as an actress was “Green Lantern,” which most movie watchers would agree isn’t a good one (but it was for her, since she met her now-husband while doing that film). However, […]
After doing a lot of colored pencil work, it makes me want to return to graphite. I spent time here and there on a Reese Witherspoon portrait — and added a hint of color for her eyes and lips to […]
Since “Captain America: The First Avenger,” the superhero has quickly become my favorite superhero. In the sequel, his MIA best friend, Bucky, resurfaced as a brainwashed super assassin (hey, it was in the comics) called The Winter Soldier. He made […]
I love Indiana Jones. And between Han Solo and Indy, Harrison Ford is easily one of my favorite actors. I’ve done a couple Indiana Jones drawings through the years, but I haven’t really made one I’ve been proud of. This […]
Yes, I’ve been getting into colored pencil more – I do want to keep getting better at it, and I am (mostly) enjoying the challenge. The Office just might be my all-time favorite TV show, and I just love Jim […]
Sometimes you start a drawing and even though it’s coming along okay, you just put it aside and do other things for one reason or another. I think this one, admittedly, stopped being fun for a while because I mostly […]
I love old movies. LOVE ’em. And I’m a huge fan of Cary Grant’s work. I’ve only seen The Philadelphia Story a couple times, but it’s one I like more each time I watch it. This most recent time, I […]
I’ve been trying to mix it up a bit with the all-graphite portraits by adding an element of color to each one again. It seems easier to do this with pop culture-specific pieces, but it can be more challenging with […]
At a friend’s recommendation, I watched the show “Psych” and quickly became a huge fan. I’ve drawn this duo before, but I recently decided a colored pencil treatment would be more ideal. I really liked this picture, but I could […]
I’ve been having a lot of fun with colored pencils lately. It’s out of my comfort zone, generally, and I want to improve at it. As a big fan of the TV show “Castle,” I thought this cozy image of […]
I can imagine that many artists would want to do new things and not repeat past projects. This drawing was the first time I’ve been commissioned to do a drawing I’ve already done before. The original drawing was purchased some […]
It’s always a risk watching a brand new TV show. But from the start, I was hooked by TV’s new series, “Blindspot.” I love Jaimie Alexander in the role and decided to draw her as Jane Doe, but I liked […]
From time to time, I’ll do commission work and this piece was requested from a new friend. They requested some color with the black and white and I do like the contrast of the red lips and apple with the […]
I did a drawing of these two a few years ago from the first movie, just sitting on steps chatting between takes. I saw this image and loved how it was kind of a sequel to it, which was from […]
OK, so sometimes after a long day of double the work, I don’t feel like doing anything work related (in this case, two commission drawings in progress), or even the fun projects already in progress. On this night, I just […]
After doing a more “basic” colored pencil portrait of Han, I wanted to venture into more colored pencil portraits. So, as practice, I decided to draw Evangeline Lilly again, but this time all in color. The skin tones were definitely […]
Drawing on black paper is always tricky. After seeing the Super Bowl teaser for the new “Jason Bourne” film, and seeing the pretty cool poster art, I decided to attempt a drawing of Damon’s mug on black paper using white […]
After Rey and Han, I decided to work on Finn… the source was another poster art image, but I decided to give him the Starkiller Base background with snow — as if Finn was engaging with – or about to […]
After drawing Han in all color – and liking the result (and process), I decided to revisit Rey already and give her a proper color drawing. The source image is just about perfect, with TIE fighters in the distance, but […]
After having drawn a colored pencil / pencil hybrid of Han, I decided I wanted to try my hand at a fully colored pencil Han Solo — with full intentions of hanging it in my basement, where I do all […]
With Han Solo being my favorite Star Wars character of all the films and extended canon, The Force Awakens definitely hit a sweet spot, so to speak. I loved seeing Han again, but it also left me with a need […]
With the excitement of the release of the 7th Star Wars film, and after having seen it and loved it, I felt inspired to work on some Force Awakens art. This one of Rey with BB-8 is all graphite except […]
Back to graphite and colored pencil hybrids, and thanks to a wise request/suggestion from a friend, I decided to work on a piece for Princess Bride — one of my favorite films. It’s mostly graphite, however, with just Buttercup’s red […]
While rewatching the LOST TV series again, and after having done a series of LOST character pencil drawings a few years ago, I decided to add Charlie Pace to the group. Also, after doing a lot of colored pencil work, […]
To follow the recent Flash drawing, and with Arrow’s new suit in the latest season of the show, I decided to take a stab at a full-color Arrow drawing. So this one is all colored pencil. Purchase link for prints: […]
Here’s another pencil / colored pencil hybrid, this time of Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter and Chris Evans as Captain America. I wanted to do a new drawing of Peggy, but do something unique… like mixing in a bit […]
As I continue to experiment with colored pencil, I decided to try out the original GB’s in their blue labcoats for this portrait of all three guys. It was certainly a challenge for me, but a fun one to do […]
I tend to go in cycles… I’ll do some color, then maybe all color, then no color… I feel like an all-graphite drawing is a palette cleanser or a reset button for me. Also, The Office is probably my all-time […]
I loved the new show for The Flash. I did a drawing once before that was mostly graphite with a splash of color, but I wanted to do one of all color too. This was an attempt at that. Purchase […]