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Portraits
I like to do a lot of portrait studies in both traditional and digital media. The first image which is titled "Loretta" was a portrait study done on 18" x 24" toned paper using pastel pencils. I started off by taking a bunch of photographs of her with different angles and lighting set ups. Once I've...
Pencil and Pastel Drawings
This project was created to portray human life in various forms. The subjects and subject matter are not the same, however they all express beautiful humans and the human figure. They were created with sketching, followed by more and more detailed expression....
Botanical Illustrations ~ A Watercolour Classic
There is something eternal to botanical illustrations, which has always fascinated me. Though Georgia O'Keeffe once said, "I hate flowers – I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move", I personally love flowers and find them challenging to paint, because they vanish so qu...
Natalie Portman Photo Study
This was a photo study I completed by hand drawing and painting Natalie Portman via Photoshop using a Wacom Intuos tablet. I referenced the photo while I painted the piece. The goal was to find the resemblance and a balance of realism in the painting....
Strange Women
This trend of American art in 1930-1950 inspired Tatsiana Tsyhanova to the creation of several photos of strange women who have very special mood and unusual features of their faces. The eyes of these women are always watching you. No matter where you are but they keep eye contact with you....
Window to the Soul by Diellza Gojani
The Window to the soul is the first one of the series called "The Last Generation of Kosovo's War Children". It’s a series of portraits of the last generation who remember war in Kosovo. Read on and enjoy!...
Grand Place by Stefan Bleekrode
Today's feature is more about on a imaginary drawing of a market square in Belgium's city. This imaginary drawing is called "Grand Place" and is illustrated by a talented illustrator from Netherlands, Stefan Bleekrode. Read on and take a time to! look at how creative his imagination is through his d...