Thursday, April 30, 2009

Jackie Gleason

Subject: Jackie Gleason
Completed: 4/29/09
Paper: Canson- Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 8x7
Hours to complete: 7
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Paul Giamatti

Subject: Paul Giamatti
Paper: Canson- Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 7x7
Completed: 4/28/09
Hours to complete: 6
I first realized Paul's comedic acting abilities when my kids rented the movie "Big Fat Liar" in 2002. I watched it with them, and Paul's character "Marty Wolf" was laugh out LOUD funny!!! Especially when they spiked his pool with blue dye and shampoo with red dye.

View that pic here:
www.imdb.com/media/rm1570543872/tt0265298

Watch a movie trailer clip here:
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1505362201/
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Wentworth Miller's EYE

This is Wentworth Miller's eye. I was teaching my daughter how to draw in February of 2009, and I thought I should start by teaching her how to draw eyes, as they are so important! Because in my opinion, if you don't get the eyes right, the rest is downhill? I did this BEFORE I did the full drawing of Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller together. I used a nail to scratch his blonde eyelashes before I darkened around it. Total size of this is about 2x4". This is about the Actual Size?
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Jerry Stiller

Subject: Jerry Stiller
Paper: Canson- Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/27/09
Hours to complete: 6

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Kevin James



Subject: Kevin James
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/25/09
Hours to complete: 7
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I couldn't decide it I should shade the background, or not? So I took a photo of BEFORE and AFTER shading the background.





Friday, April 24, 2009

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller was originally a comedian, and later did the movie "Bordello of Blood" in 1996. He is known for his quick wit, and way with words.
Example quote: "A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run"

Subject: Dennis Miller
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/23/09
Hours to complete: 6

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Subject: Nathan Lane
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/22/09
Hours to complete: 5

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Jon Voight

Subject: Jon Voight
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/21/09
Hours to complete: 7

Monday, April 20, 2009

Adam Sandler "The Longest Yard" Movie Poster, featuring Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock and others. I wanted to do something a little different. This isn't the complete poster, and I added a guard tower & wall. This is ONLY 8.5 x 10.5 so the guys in the back-ground have heads the size of a coin, and I had to use a magnifying glass!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Ashton Kutcher

Subject: Ashton Kutcher
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/18/09
Hours to complete: 5

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Rodney Dangerfield


Subject: Rodney Dangerfield (comic & actor)
Paper: Canson - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/13/09
Hours to complete: 7+

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Michael J. Fox


Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 7x6
Completed: 4/11/09
Hours to complete: 6

Friday, April 10, 2009

Prison Break

Here is a drawing of Amaury Nolasco (left) and Wentworth Miller (right) from the TV show "Prison Break".
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 9x7
Completed: 4/11/09
Hours to complete: 12+

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Will Smith


Subject: Will Smith
Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/8/09
Hours to complete: 6

Wednesday, April 8, 2009


Subject: Brad Pitt (as himself)
Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils (5B through 2H)
Size: 8 x 7
Completed: 4/7/09
Hours to complete: 7+
(I used a finishing nail duck tapped to an old pencil to get the negative effect in his hair, then filled in with 2B, B & F...then swiped it with a kneaded eraser. I read about how to do that in an EXCELLENT Book I HIGHLY recommend called "Drawing from LINE to LIFE" by Mike Sibley. www.sibleyfineart.com WORTH every penny! He's an artist from England?

Monday, April 6, 2009

Criss Angel - The Mindfreak!

Completed 4/5/09
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Jim Carrey

Of course there are a LOT of Jim Carrey characters I'd like to draw, "The Grinch", "Loyd Christmas", "Ace Ventura". I titled this one "Just Jim" (click pic to ENLARGE)