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. […]
Tag: Pencil
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 […]
Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet from LOST Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait
The third in my series of LOST characters is Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet in the show LOST. It’s another fully graphite pencil drawing done with various grades of pencils on a 9×12 bristol pad. I later reworked the drawing a bit, so here’s the purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/elizabeth-mitchell-as-juliet-from-lost-drawing-print
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
Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen in LOST Freehand Graphite Drawing
In April, 2012, I “discovered” the TV series LOST when Amazon.com offered an app for their Prime users for the PS3 system. I started watching the show, got hooked, and watched all 6 seasons in about a month’s time. A month or two later I had my wife sit down […]
Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
Ghostbusters has been and probably always will be my favorite all-time movie. As such, I just really enjoy trying to make new artwork themed around these characters and actors. I found a black and white photo of Bill Murray posing (or candid?) on set and I just love how natural […]
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
Following seeing The Hobbit, I felt inspired to draw this Martin Freeman suited up as Bilbo Baggins. The detail in the shirt was definitely a challenge, but it felt worth it in the end. It was done entirely with just regular wood drawing pencils I believe. Purchase link for prints: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Christian Bale as Batman Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
In July, 2012, I felt inspired by the new film The Dark Knight Rises to work on a Batman portrait. I’d actually worked on this before seeing it, and revisited the previous two films in the process. While working on it, I knew I’d wanted to have Batman and Bruce […]
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 […]
Robert Downey, Jr. as “Iron Man” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
After Cap, I decided to tackle another Avenger. This time, I decided to aim for filling in Tony Stark’s “arc reactor” tech with blue colored pencil. The portrait of Tony… didn’t come easy. I worked and reworked and reworked this drawing and almost gave up on it at one point, […]
Chris Evans “Captain America” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
Inspired by seeing “The Avengers” film, I got the sudden urge to try a pencil / colored pencil hybrid drawing. I was pretty pleased with the results, actually, so it encouraged me to keep this personal experiment going with further drawings…and continuing the Avengers theme! I used a varying degree […]
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 […]