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Fast, easy background with colored pencils

Story of my life: I wanna draw a detailed portrait with a background, but I don’t want to spend countless hours on the background itself. Why? Because I cannot afford spending that many hours (time-wise), because drawing a background is boring and it drives me nuts and because the focal

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Will Smith as the Genie
Colored Pencils

Drawing Will Smith as the Genie from “Aladdin”

I watched the 2019 “Aladdin” movie only recently (yep, yep, yep, shame on me, I know…) and I immediately fell in love with everything! Which says a lot, because I have not been a huge fan of Disney remakes lately. Drawing Will Smith as the Genie came naturally! Not without

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Art discussion

Running low on art supplies? No problem!

Today is the 22nd of March 2020, and like the rest of the World I am stuck home due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Being primarily a colored pencil artist, I am already beginning running low on art supplies. Cannot buy from local stores, everything’s shut down and I cannot order,

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Drawing Tom Hiddleston
Colored Pencils

Drawing Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston is one of my favorite actors, and I love “Loki” just because of him. He gave the character a unique personality. So, naturally, I kept drawing Tom Hiddleston again (and again and again) but always with graphite pencils. It was time to “color” him.  Unlike my graphite drawings,

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Realistic skin with colored pencils
Colored Pencils

Tutorial: Drawing skin tones with colored pencils

When I started drawing, I remember searching and searching for tutorials, tips or methods, and never finding exactly what I was looking for. Especially for drawing skin. Even though there is a ton of “tutorials” on the internet, they are either too complicated, or missing crucial points (intentionally or unintentionally!).

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drawing Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
Colored Pencils

Drawing Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn

A drawing of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn from the upcoming “Birds of Prey” movie. A drawing that proved challenging in many ways, so glad it is finished. Or as finished as it can get, realism can be challenging, there is no limit on how detailed a drawing can be.

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Art Challenges

Draw this again vol3 – Captain Jack Sparrow

It has become a tradition. Since I began drawing, I make a Jack Sparrow artwork every two years. It is a good habit, not only because I love Captain Jack Sparrow, but also because I can track my progress this way. I did the original post 2 years ago, you

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Graphite

Drawing Vlahos

Oh, My, Gosh! Is it November already? Last couple of months were hectic, in a not-so-good way. But things are beginning to settle and here I am again, doing what I love the most. Vlahos is a friend whom I know since College, and Matina asked me to draw him.

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Art Challenges

Vacation Drawing and crazy tools

Vacation to the grandparents means playing/taking care of/chasing my kids ALL DAY. Luckily there are nights as well! So I managed to cram a bit of drawing in my supposedly sleeping hours (which are precious and much needed but that’s another story). Matt Damon is one of my favorite actors

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Drawing the Flash with straight lines (motion blur effect)
Colored Pencils

Drawing the Flash (motion blur effect)

Drawing with straight lines is not a new technique. On the contrary, the old masters (Leonardo da Vinci among them) used to sketch all the time with diagonal straight lines, as you can see here. I found the technique ideal for the Flash, so that it would create a motion

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