I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of Drew Barrymore, but this image was just absolutely stunning I had to draw it. It was for an ad in a magazine. It seems tinted yellow because of the light filter on my camera.
Drew (pencil portrait)
Obama (pencil portrait)
Sometimes, I do a sketch just to see if I can do it. When I started sketching portraits, I chose striking personalities or images, mainly of people I admired for some reason or another. Other choices might be of significant historical figures. I makes me feel connected to history in the making. The portrait I will not sketch is of someone whom I can never admire, for many reasons. I did this portrait of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, shortly after his election into office. It was an incredible moment, to see him elected. This does not mean I admire US politics at all, but because of the way it directly affects the rest of the world, I do follow it and have my opinions, which I will not share here. This portrait is now in a private collection.
pencil on paper
9″x12″
©2011 Cindy Lapeña
Mandela (pencil sketch)
Nelson Mandela is a man to be admired, and I have admired him and followed his life and career closely. The simplest tribute I could do was to create this portrait.
Fresh Fruit (pencil sketch)
This work is another quick sketch done in summer 2014. I had several fresh fruit and decided I’d make a still life of them as an exercise along with a student. It is now in a private collection.
Safe Harbour (pencil sketch)
Red Fox (pencil sketch)
I drew this over lunchbreak on Thursday, the 2nd of April. I had already done one last year, then gave it to a friend, Richard Furlong, but forgot to even take a photo of it, so I had to make another one for myself.
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