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Amaria — Rainbow After the Rain
Published: 2003-12-24 11:07:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1528; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 467
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Man, I havent used a pencil in years. And after this, I remember why I put them down. Theyre so bloody difficult to work with!I sat down and I planned on making this a straightfoward pencil portrait, no paint, no cheating, but well, I got frustrated, and I missed my colour so damn much, hence, the hair.
Its the same picture Ive been drawing/painting, I know, but this is simply practice, so I figured Id stick with something simple. Ill probably do this in acrylic too. And pen. And everything else til you all get sick of it.
Anyway, drawn on my crappy Strathmore paper (btw to all you pencil geniuses, any suggestions on what paper to use?) with 8B woodless graphite, 6B carbon pencil, 2 pencil and 8B staedtler pencil. Oh, and of course with my trusty watercolours.
Man, Ive got a long way to go with this medium. And I really need to learn patience for doing hair.
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Comments: 54
I'm amazed that you used such dark pencils to make this come out so beautifully. I generally find that working with lighter pencils in layers helps when working with graphite. I usually use Bristol or Illustration board, but I find that charcoal paper can make things turn out pretty neat, too. My best advice is to experiment with lots of different things and figure out what you like best.
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Thank you. The reason I dont use lighter pencils is because I dont own any. Well, I think Ive got one or two, but theyre of poor quality. Unlike your advice, which I will take to heart. Thanks again.
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The way you dealt with the pencil textures makes this look incredibly real, yet the color reminds that it is hand done. Fantastic combo IMHO. This is great!
Oh, you have hands down the greatest avatar I've ever seen!
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Though it is a really spiffy picture, don't get me wrong there, and is very well done, but it...almost seems out of character. 
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Well, maybe it is more of a personal opinion, but he looks angry in this picture (but still hot *wink*), and, from movies, of course, he doesn't seem like he can get really angry.
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Out of character? How do you mean?
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looks really great.. i hope i can someday make 'em look like this (though i kinda like my style of it)
cheers
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ORLANDO.... *whistles* he is so swoonful, especially in this shot! 
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I think it looks great... it's really detailed and I think you did an excellent job
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that beautiful! this man is so pretty! hehe i like it.
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Beautiful work. 
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Try Bristol... it's really sturdy so it can withstand alot of pressure and building upon but has a smooth fine texture...it's awsome for smooth, fine detail..... hope that helps
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wonderful job.
is this mr. bloom???
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sometimes i get kind of sick of the overload of photo-realistic work... i really appreciate and respect it, but where is the creativity? here photo-realism met the abstract. it's so fresh and unique and so original. great work.
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I think this drawing's wonderful! Why do you degrade yourself? it is so damn good! and I like how you use watercolour to finish his hair, very stylish.
As for paper suggestion, I'm using smooth watercolour paper, it works well for me
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Very nice, the eyes are amazing. I like the area of the nose that moves into the pure white, and the pure white above the mouth.
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ORLANDO BLOOOOOOOM MY PRECIOUSSSSS!!! haha great great work! I stand amazed.
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excellent. could easily be mistaken for a photo, very nicely detailed, shaded. a thicker paper might bring it from damn good to just !!!WOW!!!...strathmore sketchbook stuff (70-100lb) doesnt allow alot of buildup of the lead. the eyes are perfect.
Joe
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oh lord, i love it!!!!
but as much as i love all of your lando-works, would you do johnny some time? please with orlando on top?
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Many a Deviant here would like to have " a long way to go with this medium" like you, brilliant drawing (beside, I love the model)
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For someone who hasn't worked with pencil for a while I must say this is simply astounding!
I love the use of both pencil and watercolor, gray and color.
Very Very nice.
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very nice pic its wonderful, i could never do anything like this ever.
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BEAUTIFUL work! i love this X3 i usually use Strathmore Bristol paper with pencil, its smooooth and thick....shah. +fav! X3
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This is gorgeous, simply amazing! You DO work very well with pencil though. Nice job.
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Ooh, thanks. Thick is good. The paper I used was thin and I nearly poked a hole through the eye as I was shading so hard.
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This is beautiful work amaria!
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Gorgeous work! I love the colour, it really brings it to life, and the shading is great!
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I love the way the pencil mixed with the color... is it watercolors?
the pencil drawing itself is brilliant O_o I know I couldn't do it...(well its not like that says much but.... )
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Got it in one. 
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he's never gonna beat johnny depp, but yeah, he's pretty far up there.....
(PotC was heaven...
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it's really good... unlike most pencil artists, you don't have a big, dark outline, and you didn't make it perfect....
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