Jimi Hendrix update

Few more tweaks to this and more done on the clothing

Jimi Hendrix Pencil

Striving to find my own style and this is probably getting close.
Probably the greatest Electric guitarist that ever lived, alas much before my time , well kind of !


This is not finished,  its up there on the easel waiting for me to mess it up.

4hrs

5.5hrs

Adjusted the back of his head and darkened up the whole picture , started work on his clothing and worked on his neck. Needs a few more hours yet.

David Jon Kassan

I am constantly scouring the internet learning tips and techniques from artists and this man is simply amazing.

I look for inspiration to the net when I'm stuck on a project or commission and I am struggling with one that has three dogs in it. I went back to what I know best for some ego massaging , a comforter if you like and came across Mr Kassan's work while looking for pencil artists. (he does other mediums too)

One of my favourites of his (that I cannot show for copyright reasons) is a full face black woman that featured on the cover of an American magazine in 2009.

unfinished 12" x 16"

Still work to do approx 6 hrs here 

This is my version of it so far ....

Charlie

This is another commission which vexed me for a while but I was inspired one afternoon watching Arnold Lowery on TV. He is a fabulous pastel artist and the day I watched he was doing a barge scene but he ended the show with such enthusiasm saying, "have a go, get your pastels out" or something like that.

So I did and managed to do a few pastels of which this is one.

The photo that I worked from shows Charlie playing on the beach so her coat is wet.

Anyway the customer loved it, but think I have a few tweaks on it yet.

Beagle in pencil

I had another go at my friend's Beagle commission this time in pencil.

There is a pastel version below.
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Grandad's helping hand

This is a pastel piece and it is taken from a photo in a Yorkshire Dales Book.
Click for a closer look.
It measures 21 inch by 13 inch approx.

Commissioned Beagle

Doing this for a friend at work and its coming along nicely , which is just as well as this is the fifth attempt !
You think this is bad you should have seen the others !

Updated 

Little Vincent Blossom

 

Just a little blossom tree in the style of Vincent's