I’m really enjoying drawing portraits of my friends and my partner. I missed posting last week, so now I have two portraits to post.

Last week I did a second portrait of my partner, given that I wasn’t completely happy about the first one I made.

It’s hard to judge this portrait. It is more realistic in someway, but not the best likeness.  I suppose the lesson I need to keep reinforcing is practice and keep doing it.

My second portrait of our friend has quite a few points of resemblance.  She looks rather dour, but in reality it’s the downside of sketching people during a zoom meeting. Everyone is fairly intent on their screen  which lends a seriousness to their face, which doesn’t necessarily reflect their personality.

I particularly enjoy using multiple colours of pencil to develop the darker tones. As we made our own selection of these pencils, we don’t have all the standard colours.  This is way more interesting I think.