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Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Review-The perfect black pencil?

According to my social media log it’s been almost 3 years since I last used graphite pencils, and about 1.5 years since I used traditional media in general. Still… pencils are my favorite toys, when I see something new, I MUST have it! Naturally, my pencil collection, which I’ve built ...
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Drawing Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow vol.4

Another Jack Sparrow from me, oh what a surprise! This is basically just a list of tools and materials, but since you … demanded this kind of posts, I am bringing them back. Jack Sparrow (portrayed by the genius Johnny Depp) is my favorite character of all time, so I ...
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Will Smith as the Genie
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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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Mixed media drawing of Spider-Man
Colored Pencils

Drawing Spider-Man (and promarkers mini review!)

Six months ago I started this Spider-Man crazy drawing, which challenged me as hell for many reasons. Canvas was only A4 size, I had to cram two half body figures (one of which was Spider-Man!), faces were actually miniatures (so 1mm off center is a disaster) and colors were tricky. ...
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Captain America drawing

Started this Captain America drawing the other day. I wanted so much for this to be my best work (or one my best works) but sometimes things don’t go as planned. I had mixed thoughts about posting this piece on the internet, but in the end I decided to share ...
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Faber-Castell vs Prismacolor. Layering.
Colored Pencils

Faber-Castell Polychromos vs Prismacolor Premier

Faber-Castell Polychromos vs Prismacolor Premier Welcome to the battle of the battles! When it comes to colored pencils the question is one: Faber-Castell or prismacolor?  Over the years I have worked extensively with both brands and even though there is a ton of arguments on the internet, I wanted to ...
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Drawing WonderWoman
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Drawing the WonderWoman

After double graphite/colored pencil Aquaman, I thought I would do a similar drawing of Gal Gadot/WonderWoman. Unlike Aquaman, however, I had a lot of trouble with badass WonderWoman! (Well, I should have expected it, she’s … WonderWoman after all!). Anyways, hope I did her, well, Justice! Back to the drawing. ...
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Drawing Aquaman
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Drawing Aquaman

Drawing Aquaman Drawing Jason Momoa as Aquaman today. As I mentioned before, I was the biggest cinema nerd before having my two babies. So it was not easy having my friends ranting about how great “Aquaman” was, still they can’t draw him, can’t they?? XD Anyways, tried to mix graphite ...
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3 pencil challenge
3 Pencil challenge

3 Pencil Challenge: Drawing Wolverine

3 Pencil Challenge: Drawing Wolverine Drawing a color portrait with only 3 colored pencils. This is something I wanted to do for a long time, partly to challenge myself, partly to prove that I can do it and partly … just for fun! To loosen up and do something silly ...
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