Here is a sketch I did of my daughter from an old photo. I drew this in charcoal on pratice paper. It was a challenge to draw with the light dress and the dark background. I was happy how it turned out. Normally I leave the background blank but this time I wanted to bring her forward and give her a brightness that needed a dark background.
This took about 6 hours to draw. It needed a lot of blending and lifting to get the tones right.
I would love to draw a picture like this for other people. Please see the tab for pricing options to commission your own portrait in charcoal.
