After finishing Gerard, I decided it was high time to finish some portraits that I’d started but never completed. This one was started in September and wasn’t finished until early December!
Freehand colored pencil Jessica Alba.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/497548441/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of
Etsy link for the original:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/498118709/original-colored-pencil-drawing-of
The best thing about Batman v Superman may have been Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman. And I have to admit I’m excited for the upcoming solo film in 2017. This is a freehand colored pencil drawing of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman from the upcoming movie.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/478260834/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of-gal
With the resurgence of MacGyver with the recent TV reboot, I felt inclined to draw a childhood hero again. I had drawn one or two Mac portraits back in the 90s — one for a friend’s birthday — and I was just never happy with how they turned out. I decided to try to find a picture of RDA to draw that wasn’t too overpowering with the mullet action to try to draw all in color. So this drawing above is all freehand colored pencil.
And, for the record, I watched the pilot for the reboot and it was atrocious. You can’t replace Richard Dean Anderson.
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/484075459/full-color-drawing-print-of-colored
Freehand colored pencil portrait of actress Kate Mara
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/462512528/drawing-print-of-actress-kate-mara
Speaking of pop culture characters, I decided to venture into the recent reboot of the Star Trek series to try to tackle the current Captain Kirk. This one was done completely in colored pencil.
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/458626580/drawing-of-chris-pine-as-captain-kirk-in
It was tough to find a good promo photo of all three Friends guys that looked like the guys did later in the series. Surprisingly, all of the promo photos were from earlier in the series (and fans know how much Chandler changed throughout the show). I did my best to update Ross and Chander’s hair a bit… and… I drew a smiling face of Joey’s instead of the stern look from the source photo. Because, after all, Joey would be smiling or making SOME kind of face instead of the odd blank expression he had in the photo.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/454862588/friends-joey-chandler-ross-full-color
and the girls:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/465879955/friends-monica-rachel-phoebe-full-color
I didn’t watch the show “Friends” when it aired. I’ve seen a couple episodes before, but not much. Although, I do remember having some family over for the airing of the series finale. Recently, I started binge-watching the show on NetFlix while drawing and just fell in love. I decided to draw the girls together in one portrait and do my best to do it in color. I’m happy with the outcome, and so I decided to follow it up with the fellas…
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/465879955/friends-monica-rachel-phoebe-full-color
Another movie I like doing drawings for is Back To The Future. But I’ve never done a drawing of Marty and Doc together. This image is pretty iconic–which is also shared in both the first and second movies (although I do think this is probably at the beginning of Back To The Future II after they remade this scene). Anyway, the drawing is made with colored pencils on 9×12 Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/463763811/drawing-print-of-michael-j-fox-as-marty
Even though Hollywood has made a parody of the original “Ghostbusters” film with a reboot (which I refuse to see), the 1984 film is still my all-time favorite film. And it’s just really fun to draw these guys. I love this crazy image of Bill yelling in the Sedgewick hotel scene versus Slimer… and I wanted to try drawing it. (Thankfully, I liked the end result enough to add it to my art studio/movie room 🙂 )
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/449168442/colored-pencil-bill-murray-as-peter
I still am not all that comfortable with colored pencil. I see a lot of colored pencil drawings on Instagram and I just marvel at the detail and life-likeness. Granted, a lot of these drawings are mixed media, but not all of them. And while I like to stick with one media at a time (like all pencil in a drawing instead of pencil, pen, market, paint, etc), I want to improve at my ability to capture realism.
I loved Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Batman V Superman and am looking forward to her upcoming solo film. I want to improve at colored pencil portraits and decided to choose her for the latest attempt.
Etsy link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/269149242/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of-gal
