A pencil portrait of KRISTEN STEWART

Here are the stuffs I use to make a pencil portrait...A3 sketch book, Staedtler pencils 2B to 8B, kneadable erasers and tortillions...













I always start with a faint guide line, doing a quick sketch of the picture with a 2B pencil.

















I did a quick sketch of the features to prepare for more adjustment...
















Getting the proportion right is vital. I spent about 35 minutes adjusting this one. The success of the portrait depends on it.


















The rest of the shading comes rather easy after the proportion is done. I started light with the same 2B pencil.















This is my favorite step...using a tortillion to bring the shading to life.
















The face is almost done...
















Time to shade the hair. Up till now all the shading was done with a 2B pencil. I kind of work from light to dark.















I used a 4B pencil to darken the features, drawing the eye lashes one by one like a make up session. Then I darkened the hair further with a 6B pencil.


















The final picture...













This drawing is dedicated to my dear friend afordite


Again, this took me approximately 5 hours to finish, split in to days because I'm always so busy...T___T

Will learn to work faster.

Hope you like it!

A pencil portrait of JET LI

These are the stuffs I use to draw a portrait: an A3 size sketch book, Staedtler pencils from 2B to 8B, Kneadable erasers and tortillions.















I start off with some faint guide lines using a 2B pencil, measurement done roughly by the eyes only... n___n

















Here I do a quick sketch of the features as a guide to more proportion adjustments...















Getting the proportion right is the most important step. I could spend up to an hour doing it...T___T... have to improve on my pace. The rest of the shading job will come rather easy after this...












I love the way the tortillion smudges and brings the shading to life...















The face is nearly completed...


















Time to shade the rest of the picture...

















Adding a touch of 6B pencil darkens and brings out the features...

















The final picture...








It took me about 5 hours to finish the portrait, I had to split the work up in to several days because I'm always so busy... T___T

Hope you like it!