Mum and Dad Portrait

So here we are. Christmas is over. The ham and turkey have been finished off and the mountain of snack food is slowly getting smaller, eclair by eclair, pretzel by pretzel. This drawing is the one I did for Mum and Dad as part of their Christmas present. They recently got back from a trip to Europe and this drawing was put together from a few photos taken somewhere in France:

Drawing a full length picture is so different to drawing close up portraits of faces. I had to get all the details and folds of the clothing for starters, and then trying to fit all the detail of a face into the size of a 20c coin is much more difficult than having a whole page to do it in. But here was the final result. Drawn in 2B pencil on paper.

 

Faces for Funding

Hey all.

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. Work has kept me pretty busy and the only drawing I've been doing is some portraits for the Faces for Funding funding project. Most of these are Christmas presents for people - so I can't publish them online before Christmas. I will, however, put them up on the blog after Christmas. Here's one that I can post now, of my parents-in-law, Liam and Helena.

 

I'm on holidays now whoop whoop! So I can get back into a bit of drawing. I have a few more faces to draw and then I'll start experimenting with a few different styles of drawing. I think I'll go back to Japanese style art for a while.

If you would like to buy a portrait to support Faces for Funding, it's not too late... but it IS too late to get it before Christmas. Any money raised will go to support Peter and Wendy (and family) to go to Cambodia to work in community development.

I nearly forgot the movember update! A big thank you to everyone who donated to Movember last month. $130 was raised in total to help find a cure for prostate cancer and to provide support for men who suffer from depression. It was fun growing the mo but alas it was time for it to go. Here was the final product.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading :)