Once a year or two I spend an afternoon on a pencil sketch, having honestly never attempted anything but dorky collages or amateurish abstract paintings in the interim. The only reason I’ve even bothered at all has been to continue with a once-in-a-blue-moon series of baby portraits for those in my life, however distantly, kicking off with my sister’s two boys and then a few others as more and more of my favorite people seem to be embracing parenthood.
My choice of tools are always the same: a mechanical #2 grade Pencil-Mate “Sharpwriter”, a tortillon or blending stump, tinted Strathmore charcoal paper, and a large printed photograph for reference. (The only alteration was the addition of white watercolor paint for minor highlights in the piece from late 2021.)
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| Elias William at 6 mo. (June 2017) |
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| Marvel Monroe at 6 mo. (May 2019) |
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| Noa Mae at 6 mo. (February 2020) |
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| Asa Alexander at 4 mo. (February 2020) |
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Sabastienne Savage (“Baz”) at 3 mo. (July 2021) |
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