Sharbat Gula Portrait Finished

Done!

Toned the eyes back a little.

I need some Hair and fabric drawing practice,
but apart from that i'm happy with it.

Sharbat Gula Portrait

First attempt at a portrait.

Sharbat Gula from the cover of Nat Geo.

Soft pastel, and pastel pencil on
Mi Tientes paper. A4

Her eyes aren't really that bright but I didn't have the right colours to darken them up. I like them like this though.

Still working on this one.

Kingfisher

Rachel Baker's Kingfisher.
Pastel pencil on Mi Tientes paper.
A4

Cheetah Finished

Finished, framed and on the wall.

This is the cheetah that I've been working on. As you can see it's not finished yet. It's going well so far

A3 Pastel Pencil, Soft pastel

on Mi-teintes paper

I drew this from one of Steve Hanks beautyfull water colour paintings. Shading still needs work, but i'm fairly happy with it. Maybe later I'll go back and finish the hair. Didn't want to spoil it.

pencil and charcoal on A3 paper

A3 Soft Pastels

I love the way Rachel Stribbling paints fur. And after admiring her work for a while, I figured that If I want to learn how to draw fur better. The best thing to do is try to recreate one of her peices.

I drew this before my other tiger drawing. And learn't alot from it. Paper selection was the main thing. I used plain card, which didn't hold any layers of pastel. Pastel paper works much better. I think the eyes worked well.

Check out my links to see Rachel Stribblings work.