Pencil Art Portrait of a Smiling Man

Hi great steemians. Am back again with some beautiful art piece. Today is a picture of a man smiling, beautifully framed.

So some days ago I was contacted by a client to make an art portrait which she wanted to gift someone. Before I started work, I was already thinking how I will make this portrait whether to make it landscape or seascape view, because of how the nature of the reference photo.

So I took a bold step and proceeded to making a landscape portrait on a 16/20 inches size portrait.

Below are the materials used

• Pelican Paper
• General Charcoal Pencil
• Mono eraser
• Graphite pencil
• Charcoal dust
• Tissue paper
• Brushes
• Blending stump

Below is the progress shot of the final piece posted earlier.

_{Beginning with the head}

_{continuing with the head}

_{Done with the face}

_{done with the face and clothe, now proceeding to making the background}

To make the background I use a cellotape to creat a boarder so the Shading stays on in the enclosure created by the tape, then I start Shading and blending.

Final piece framed.

Thank you for looking through my blog. Stay tuned for my next piece.