Traditional Art Contest I Theme “Woman” - Title “Self Portrait”

in olaivartwoman •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Hello this is my entry. I was so thrilled to see this type of a contest I could enter into. I enjoy portrait drawing or painting. I lean towards drawing babies or small children. I love to capture their unlimited expressions in their eyes.
I intended to use Derwent colored pencils for the completion of this self portrait, but I didn’t have some of the colors that I needed. This portrait was all simply draw with one graphite HB2 pencil, a metal Helix hand pencil sharpener, smudger and a kneaded eraser.



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Title “Self Portrait”

Dimensions and media used 8 x 7 acid-free paper|pencil

ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy drawing portraits and when I came across this contest I was originally going to draw a portrait of my 26 year old daughter, but then I decided that maybe the contestants and readers of this post might like to see the artist behind the drawing. That is why I chose a self portrait. As stated above I really enjoy drawing eyes.


Below is the photo I took of myself and 1 of the starting of the drawing.
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Thank you @olaivart for sponsoring this contest and good luck to all of the entrants.

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Awesome technique! :)
very clean and sharp 👍👍👍

Hey a heartfelt thanks! Bless you for the compliments @melooo182!

Beautifully drawn! Amazing 👏

Your so sweet dear @noellesevilla! Your like a little butterfly that flutters around touching people with love ❤️ and support. Your beautiful.

You got my vote for sure! Excellent work. 😊

Oh how amazing ! Thank you so much for your vote and compliment. I can’t believe how quickly you responded! I just barely posted it. I just became a Steemian about a week ago,already hooked. Thanks again I really appreciate this bless you.