Here is a cute little boy with red cheeks I drew in my sketchbook. It took about 7 hours over a couple of weeks. I found his picture in an old magazine. I used some high end color pencils and also some watercolor pencils. It was drawn in a 9x11 sketchbook. I used a blending stub extensively on this one to try to get the colors to blend. I often found myself lifting the color out in the highlights with a kneaded eraser and a latex eraser. It was tempting to over work the hat but I didn't want to distract from the face. There are a few things I was not satisfied with but I got bored with the project. I think if I was more careful when I was starting out and laid out the features with more attention to shape and proportions it would have looked even better.
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