Just wanted to share my hot-off-the-drawing-table
drawing. It is done in colored
pencil for Jerry and Linda, a dear couple who have found me worthy of drawing each and every
one of their grandchildren as gifts to their children. We have had this wonderful
client-artist relationship for a several years now. I think this is the last grandchild that will be coming
along.
First, let me introduce this little cutey named Edith. She was waiting for my arrival, all dressed up and sitting patiently in the sun-room of her grandmother's house. I was taken by how the sunlight lit up her hair, as if she were an angel (the photo doesn't really capture that). I'm not even trying to be sappy. I was truly struck by her. She was soooo good through the photo shoot.
Her parents looked at all the photos, and chose the following pose, which they felt best captured Edith's personality. I labored to show the little fly-away strands of hair, because they caught the light, and little girls are perfect like that.
Below is a close-up, which for some reason shows the color of the paper more accurately. Click on these images to enlarge. It seems to look better when enlarged.
Edith is drawn on gray Stonehenge paper, in black and white,
with hints of color reminiscent of a hand tinted photograph. I used this style in the portraits of her two older
brothers, and I wish I had done it for their cousins as well, but I hadn’t
figured out this technique when I drew theirs. Anyway, if you go to my website, you can see some (but not
all) of the grandchildren I had the privilege of working with for this
family. They’re the ones done on
gray paper.
Next project…kitty cats for my friend Sharla.
