Portrait of Tammy – Pencil Drawing
Posted by David Te on December 29th, 2009
Portrait of Tammy
Medium: Graphite Pencil
Paper: Canson Grain
Size: 20 x 25 cm (8″ x 10″)
Faith and I have been neglecting this blog for sometime now. To start things rolling again, here’s a pencil portrait I did for Karin Jurick’s Different Strokes from Different Folks Year End Portrait Swap. The terms of the portrait swap was simple: participating artists sent pictures of themselves and, in turn, Ms. Jurick gave each artist a photo of another artist to draw or paint.
I was paired up with artist Tammy Hext. This lovely lady painted my portrait and I think she captured my character and personality perfectly.
Here’s a little behind the scenes look at the drawing I did of her. Before, I would usually take my time rendering a part of the face or skin with a pencil. This time, I used a flat brush dipped in a little graphite powder to lay down the first or basic layers of skin tone. Then, with the 2H Staedtler wood cased pencil, I laid down the second layer by making a chain of continuous diagonal strokes instead of the usual circular strokes. I blended it all together with a small piece of toilet paper. I hope you like it.
David
Tags: david te, Different Strokes from Different Folks, graphite pencil portrait, pencil drawing, portrait of tammy hext
December 29th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Wonderful work
December 29th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Great shot at this! Love the attention to detail and liveliness of the piece! Good technique too!
December 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Adebanji – Thanks for your comment and kind words! I like your submission for the DSFDF challenge too! Great work!
Delilah – Thank you!
December 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Stunning work! It transcends anything a camera can do bringing life to this image. Her soul shines through, what more can you ask for!!!!
December 30th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
This is just stunning. Your graphite work is amazing–you need to do more portraits!
December 31st, 2009 at 1:47 am
Wow David, I am blown away. It is an awesome portrait. Thank you for your kind comments on my attempt to capture you.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Marilyn – Thanks for stopping by our blog and for your wonderful comment.
Susan – Thank you for your encouragement.
Tammy – I’m so glad you like my rendition of you.
Again, thank you all so much for your kind words and encouragement, they really help a lot.
January 1st, 2010 at 2:31 am
wonderful rendition of the portrait x-change. I love the detail information in your process. Thank you. Happy New Year
January 1st, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Dominique, thank you for your comment. I’m glad you like it.
I wish you all a wonderful New Year and God bless.
January 1st, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Absolutely wonderful work, David!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:59 am
Thanks, Dean!
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:36 am
What an incredible drawing for your DSFDF entry. Interesting to read about your application, thanks for sharing. Yours and Faith’s entries are definitely two of the best!
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:46 am
Thank you, Ann for your kind words. I’m glad you like it.