I’ve been on a Star Wars kick lately and I realized, while I’ve drawn Luke and Han a couple times, I’ve never drawn Leia. So this was an attempt to draw Leia but not using one of the typical iconic pictures of her. Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite […]
Tag: Pencil
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After watching Sherlock series 3 and just feeling discontented with my previous Sherlock/Benedict Cumberbatch drawing, I decided to take a stab at a new one. Hopefully this one is better. I worked on it in January 2014 and it’s full graphite pencil. I also brought back the DESIGN Ebony Jet […]
Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in “Oblivion” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
After watching it for the first time on Blu-Ray after having seen it while it was in theaters, I decided to work on a pencil drawing of Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in the movie “Oblivion.” I love good sci-fi and action and this movie just had a little of […]
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in “The Office” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Speaking of TV shows… I love America’s take on The Office! And I miss it terribly since it went off the air. I decided Dwight Schrute needed to join my drawings of Pam and Jim, and this ended up being a pretty fun one to do… Purchase link for prints: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Michael Emerson as Ben Linus from LOST Freehand Graphite Drawing
On July 1st I started this one of Ben Linus to add another character to the lot of LOST drawings. Well… I hit the background and shirt and found it very tedious and laborious, so I kept starting (and finishing) new drawings while taking breaks from this one. By the […]
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. […]
Process of a Portrait: Superman (Henry Cavill) [Colored Pencil and Graphite]
Some people like to see drawings in progress and I have gotten in the habit of taking progress shots with my phone while working on it. It’s good to get another perspective on it, actually, to compare the drawing to the original source photo, and to also see how it […]
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 […]
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes Freehand Graphite Drawing
After heeding a friends recommendation to watch the BBC “Sherlock” show (thanks Beca!) and discovering just how excellent it is, I also learned how big of a following the show really has. So after a few requests for a portrait drawing of Benedict, I decided to take the leap. I […]
Eva Green (as Vesper in Casino Royale) Freehand Graphite Drawing
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 […]
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 […]
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
Josh Holloway as Sawyer in LOST Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait
The fourth in the LOST series is of Josh Holloway who played Sawyer/James Ford. This one was pretty challenging from the start. I attempted one photo and was immediately not happy with it, so I ditched it and decided to try a second picture to draw from. I ended up […]