<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:14:17.407-08:00</updated><category term='random sketches'/><category term='girl pencil portraits'/><category term='lucretia mott'/><category term='James Cook'/><category term='boy pencil portraits'/><category term='fine art'/><category term='sisters'/><category term='pencil portraits of boys'/><category term='dog portraits'/><category term='baby portrait'/><category term='Rachel Revere'/><category term='memorial portraits'/><category term='Boy Portrait'/><category term='Lady Alice Lisle'/><category term='brother portrait'/><category term='house portraits'/><category term='women pencil portraits'/><category term='art history'/><category term='Catherine Ferguson'/><category term='Pencil'/><category term='pencil portrait of man'/><category term='children pencil portraits'/><category term='Book Illustration'/><category term='pencil portraits of girls'/><category term='famous figures'/><category term='grandchildren'/><category term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><category term='Children'/><category term='draw child'/><category term='Toddler'/><category term='wedding portraits'/><category term='grandparents'/><category term='Drawing'/><category term='on the board'/><category term='Colored Pencil Portraits'/><category term='historical art'/><category term='soldier portraits'/><category term='joshua harris'/><category term='Portrait'/><category term='Process'/><category term='combined portraits'/><category term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category term='couple pencil portraits'/><category term='little girl'/><title type='text'>Drawing Board</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>65</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3889013191424915221</id><published>2010-08-29T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T15:57:29.775-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Darla Dixon Art and Words Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I have moved my blog over to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://darla-dixon-artist.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://darla-dixon-artist.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; - It's one blog with pretty much all my stuff in it - from art to writing. Having a good time over there, hope you'll stop by :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3889013191424915221?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3889013191424915221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3889013191424915221&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3889013191424915221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3889013191424915221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2010/08/darla-dixon-art-and-words-blog.html' title='Darla Dixon Art and Words Blog'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7568080733205011134</id><published>2010-05-27T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-27T08:53:32.388-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer art assignments</title><content type='html'>My daughter is taking Advanced Placement Art classes next year. So her instructor has given her a list of AP Drawing Art Summer Assignments. I thought they looked pretty good. Excellent if you want to work on something to help stay out of an art rut. Helps one branch out a bit, if you know what I mean.&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;Complete 10 assignments over the summer. For each work, make a drawing that is at least 9"x12" and uses the entire page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make a still life with a good variety of objects that have different textures, sizes, and shapes. Set up the objects so you have an interesting and visually pleasing arrangement. Set up a cloth in the background. Use the whole page, drawing a still life that focuses on value, texture and form. Make the objects look three dimensional through accurate shading. Show the different textures and surfaces of the objects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Look at the animal images of Durer. Draw an animal with equal attention to detail, using pen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Draw 100 things on one page.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Look straight down at your feet. Fill a page with what you see. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;In oil pastel, draw a jacket that is draped over a piece of furniture. Draw both with careful shading and contour line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make a drawing of an unusual interior that contains a good number of interesting objects. Look inside a cabinet, a closet, a drawer, a wardrobe, or in a box of things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take a photo of yourself showing extreme emotion. Make a drawing in the style of Van Gogh based on the photo. Use expressive colors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Look at the collage and paint works of Benny Andrews. Make a collage, mixed media work in his style that shows people you know engaged in everyday activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make a drawing of a tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Make a detailed self portrait from life in the style of Rembrandt.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7568080733205011134?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7568080733205011134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7568080733205011134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7568080733205011134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7568080733205011134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2010/05/summer-art-assignments.html' title='Summer art assignments'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-1659901550959347102</id><published>2010-05-25T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T20:58:16.627-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy times, great times</title><content type='html'>I will be finishing up the portrait of Alexander Hamilton - someday.  I've just been so busy that I don't have time for art projects that are "just for fun." Working on portrait commissions and have a big charity &lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2010/05/art-auction-to-raise-funds-for-local.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt;live art event and auction&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on June 5th that I'm getting ready for. The kids are all out of school after tomorrow.  I am taking Tae Kwon Do classes. Having a great time, enjoying life...so everything's good, just really busy. Thanks for hanging in there and supporting my art!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-1659901550959347102?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/1659901550959347102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=1659901550959347102&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1659901550959347102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1659901550959347102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2010/05/busy-times-great-times.html' title='Busy times, great times'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-435939105977572723</id><published>2009-12-31T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T07:56:18.868-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='famous figures'/><title type='text'>Pencil drawing of Alexander Hamilton</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SzzIt9HfEfI/AAAAAAAABbQ/i171REZcnHc/s1600-h/hamiltoninprogress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SzzIt9HfEfI/AAAAAAAABbQ/i171REZcnHc/s320/hamiltoninprogress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421428743272862194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had a lot of fun working on this pencil drawing of Alexander Hamilton last night. Just drawing him for the fun of it. I saw an episode of American Experience on PBS about Hamilton, and found him to be a fascinating character. This is on 11x14 paper.  I still need to work a bit more on his face, and do a lot more in his hair and coat/cravat. The background is being done by crosshatching.   I threw in a bit of CretaColor charcoal in this one too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;From Wikipedia: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alexander Hamilton&lt;/span&gt; (January 11, 1757 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. The chief of staff to General George Washington during the American Revolution, he was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution; he was one of America's first lawyers, and wrote half of the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. He was more influential than the other three members of Washington's Cabinet, and the financial expert; the Federalist Party formed to support his policies.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-435939105977572723?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/435939105977572723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=435939105977572723&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/435939105977572723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/435939105977572723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/12/pencil-drawing-of-alexander-hamilton.html' title='Pencil drawing of Alexander Hamilton'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SzzIt9HfEfI/AAAAAAAABbQ/i171REZcnHc/s72-c/hamiltoninprogress.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8435324125715340148</id><published>2009-11-27T05:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T05:40:07.515-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blick art supply low shipping fee and sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2219297-10285593"&gt;Blick Art Supplies&lt;/a&gt; is having a sale with sliding discounts, based on what you buy.&lt;br /&gt;However, they also have $4.95 shipping with no minimum purchase for that low shipping price.&lt;br /&gt;The reduced shipping fee expires at Midnight. I know I will be taking advantage of this! I love Blick art supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2219297-10285593" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2219297-10285593" alt="www.DickBlick.com - Online Art Supplies" width="120" border="0" height="60" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8435324125715340148?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8435324125715340148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8435324125715340148&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8435324125715340148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8435324125715340148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/11/blick-art-supply-low-shipping-fee-and.html' title='Blick art supply low shipping fee and sale'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-2971929739884004969</id><published>2009-11-15T09:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T09:36:27.687-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New blog posts</title><content type='html'>I've been posting more to my main blog lately because I just had it re-designed and I need to make that worthwhile! ;-) Some new posts on my main blog:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2009/11/portrait-art-show.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Portrait Art Show&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went to The Portrait Society of Atlanta's juried portrait show (includes photos)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2009/11/portrait-home-house-painting-potriat.html"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Portraits of buildings as gifts&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story of how I was hired by a business to draw my biggest artwork ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2009/11/house-portrait-in-pencil.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;House portrait in pencil&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A house portrait commission I recently completed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-2971929739884004969?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/2971929739884004969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=2971929739884004969&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2971929739884004969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2971929739884004969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-blog-posts.html' title='New blog posts'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-6329577902801137267</id><published>2009-10-13T09:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T09:11:00.481-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dog pencil portrait</title><content type='html'>Here's a dog portrait of a mixed-breed dog. My client said she was told that Chester was a Labrador/Dalmatian mix. I think I see some Great Dane in him, though - especially in his snout area. But whatever he is, he's a gorgeous dog, and I really enjoyed drawing him. I used 2B and...&lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2009/10/pencil-portrait-of-dog-pet.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Read more&lt;/u&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-6329577902801137267?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/6329577902801137267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=6329577902801137267&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6329577902801137267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6329577902801137267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/10/dog-pencil-portrait-drawing.html' title='Dog pencil portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-347470598248660675</id><published>2009-09-17T08:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T08:08:58.327-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog portraits'/><title type='text'>Hunting dog classic portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SrJQ6F4USzI/AAAAAAAABXg/TkFTKRHj_A0/s1600-h/dogcoloredpencil.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 316px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SrJQ6F4USzI/AAAAAAAABXg/TkFTKRHj_A0/s320/dogcoloredpencil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382453463602187058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My client sent me a photo of her husband's hunting dog sitting in their backyard with a fence behind him. I 'moved' the dog from that scene into a classic hunting scene at the client's request. The dog is her husband's hunting companion, and this outdoor scene suited him perfectly. The dog was drawn in graphite pencil, the background was done in pastel chalks, and the grasses were done in pastel chalks and Lyra colored pencils. My client was completely thrilled.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-347470598248660675?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/347470598248660675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=347470598248660675&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/347470598248660675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/347470598248660675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/hunting-dog-classic-portrait.html' title='Hunting dog classic portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SrJQ6F4USzI/AAAAAAAABXg/TkFTKRHj_A0/s72-c/dogcoloredpencil.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-6887278264855365105</id><published>2009-09-08T10:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T10:04:02.395-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Portrait of a young woman</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaOZ3Ic4XI/AAAAAAAABXI/nwNq-HpwCSw/s1600-h/youngladyonboard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaOZ3Ic4XI/AAAAAAAABXI/nwNq-HpwCSw/s320/youngladyonboard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379143379887907186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A gift from boyfriend to girlfriend, here is the portrait on the drawing board.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-6887278264855365105?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/6887278264855365105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=6887278264855365105&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6887278264855365105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6887278264855365105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/portrait-of-young-woman.html' title='Portrait of a young woman'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaOZ3Ic4XI/AAAAAAAABXI/nwNq-HpwCSw/s72-c/youngladyonboard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3774730400565916469</id><published>2009-09-08T09:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T09:57:45.274-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little boy retro pencil portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaM9z1WJlI/AAAAAAAABXA/KPFepsHatOE/s1600-h/littleboyretro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaM9z1WJlI/AAAAAAAABXA/KPFepsHatOE/s320/littleboyretro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379141798454502994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kind of a retro portrait, because this was done from a photo from the 1960's for a client, to be similar to the one my client's wife has had since she was a child. Now they have a portrait of each of them for each end of the mantle!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3774730400565916469?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3774730400565916469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3774730400565916469&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3774730400565916469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3774730400565916469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-boy-retro-pencil-portrait.html' title='Little boy retro pencil portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqaM9z1WJlI/AAAAAAAABXA/KPFepsHatOE/s72-c/littleboyretro.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-5486171478197357445</id><published>2009-09-04T08:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T08:48:11.439-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pencil portrait of Richard L. Taylor of Leonard TX</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqE2mM8NUlI/AAAAAAAABW4/PYJJzU0__pY/s1600-h/RL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 281px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqE2mM8NUlI/AAAAAAAABW4/PYJJzU0__pY/s400/RL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377639459993768530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" &gt;This is a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Memorial Portrait&lt;/span&gt; I did of my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Uncle, Richard Lafayette Taylor&lt;/span&gt;, of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%2C_Texas"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Leonard Texas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I did this one in pencil on bristol paper for my Aunt Ruth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uncle 'R.L.' was a licensed funeral director for 40 years. His total number of funerals directed is unknown, although it's estimated that it was well over 2,000. He performed funerals for people in up to 8 nearby counties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a newspaper article about my uncle dated 2002, after his death. The article mentions many times about how Uncle RL would show his compassion and love for people...not seen in facial expression, but by his actions, and that there were many kind things that he did that were unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My uncle lived in Texas and I lived in Michigan while growing up, so I'd only see him every two years or so, but he was a special uncle to me and made a big impression. I remember once when I was about 12, he let me come in while he prepared the body of a deceased elderly lady. He took great care and his professionalism was evident. This was at the stage where makeup is applied and the final touches of jewelry, etc are added. His goal was to prepare her to be in a lifelike pose, to cover the bruising she had from the IV tubes with a lace handkerchief, to spare her family from seeing her that way. The goal was compassion and service to the family of the person. It was not a horrible experience for me - if anything, it made me &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;less &lt;/span&gt;afraid of death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-5486171478197357445?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/5486171478197357445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=5486171478197357445&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5486171478197357445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5486171478197357445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/pencil-portrait-of-richard-l-taylor-of.html' title='Pencil portrait of Richard L. Taylor of Leonard TX'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SqE2mM8NUlI/AAAAAAAABW4/PYJJzU0__pY/s72-c/RL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-2893257973190298066</id><published>2009-02-13T07:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T09:29:30.395-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's pencil portrait from photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SZWt8EXCiqI/AAAAAAAABTs/H6EXsXait5c/s1600-h/khalid-13feb2009+003+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SZWt8EXCiqI/AAAAAAAABTs/H6EXsXait5c/s320/khalid-13feb2009+003+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302335383772760738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the portrait I'm working on today -- not for much longer, though, because my 3 year old son is sick so didn't go to preschool today. He's napping now, that's the only reason I've gotten anything done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This portrait will be going to the United Arab Emirates, so she has a long trip in front of her!&lt;br /&gt;I just love her classical features, just really lovely to draw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I left off the purse strap and repositioned her necklace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have some detailing work to do, and more highlights to bring out, then I think I will be done.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-2893257973190298066?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/2893257973190298066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=2893257973190298066&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2893257973190298066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2893257973190298066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/02/todays-pencil-portrait-from-photo.html' title='Today&apos;s pencil portrait from photo'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SZWt8EXCiqI/AAAAAAAABTs/H6EXsXait5c/s72-c/khalid-13feb2009+003+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7896249704874752622</id><published>2009-01-29T08:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T08:17:38.895-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog portraits'/><title type='text'>Dachshund Portrait</title><content type='html'>This first picture is a Dachshund portrait in the blending stage. I'm sorry, I forgot to get a picture of the basic sketch. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHVdN597tI/AAAAAAAABTA/DpyYPRL2ejQ/s1600-h/rogers-rusty-sketch+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHVdN597tI/AAAAAAAABTA/DpyYPRL2ejQ/s320/rogers-rusty-sketch+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296749334690131666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the point where I start blending with tissues&lt;br /&gt;after I've laid down most of the dark areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHVtbubEsI/AAAAAAAABTI/271c8yVH8TU/s1600-h/rogers-rusty-29Jan09prev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHVtbubEsI/AAAAAAAABTI/271c8yVH8TU/s320/rogers-rusty-29Jan09prev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296749613277713090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the finished portrait. This is a digital photo, so you can't see a lot of the details, but there is more background than appears here. I blended graphite softly into the background so it has sort of a suede look. The personalization of Rusty's name also has more details you can't see here - I gave the lettering a soft shadow. I chose this style of lettering just because it seemed to fit him!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7896249704874752622?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7896249704874752622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7896249704874752622&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7896249704874752622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7896249704874752622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/01/dachshund-portrait.html' title='Dachshund Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHVdN597tI/AAAAAAAABTA/DpyYPRL2ejQ/s72-c/rogers-rusty-sketch+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-5183281709931465201</id><published>2009-01-27T11:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T09:01:37.443-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Graphite Pencil Portrait of  Client's Girlfriend</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHgr3on5tI/AAAAAAAABTQ/TFgLVSke92I/s1600-h/weapondocPREVIEW.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHgr3on5tI/AAAAAAAABTQ/TFgLVSke92I/s320/weapondocPREVIEW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761681037747922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the final portrait&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the sketch stage:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SX9mbEK1YuI/AAAAAAAABSw/duG1E7lRuwo/s1600-h/darren-sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SX9mbEK1YuI/AAAAAAAABSw/duG1E7lRuwo/s320/darren-sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296064301972677346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a commissioned drawing which will be a gift from the boyfriend to the girlfriend in the portrait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The basic sketch on 14"x17" Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper on my drawing board. I have a drafting table, but I really like these drawing boards - they're like the regular clipboards you're probably familiar with, but these are really large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SX9mmGq0baI/AAAAAAAABS4/5Zq9HCqsXOQ/s1600-h/darren-weapondac-almostdonel+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SX9mmGq0baI/AAAAAAAABS4/5Zq9HCqsXOQ/s320/darren-weapondac-almostdonel+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296064491622264226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was 99.7% done at this point - just needed to bring out more of the light areas. I also needed to adjust the eye on the left (her right eye).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose to not strongly define the stripes on the lady's top - the color of the edge of the shirt's opening was much darker - but I felt that if I made that tone too dark, it would become a distraction from the lady's face and beautiful eyes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-5183281709931465201?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/5183281709931465201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=5183281709931465201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5183281709931465201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5183281709931465201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/01/graphite-pencil-portrait-of-girlfriend.html' title='Graphite Pencil Portrait of  Client&apos;s Girlfriend'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SYHgr3on5tI/AAAAAAAABTQ/TFgLVSke92I/s72-c/weapondocPREVIEW.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7530902285903942265</id><published>2009-01-19T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T11:32:05.770-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joshua harris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soldier portraits'/><title type='text'>Joshua W. Harris</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SXTUF8-aOmI/AAAAAAAABRI/aqet6ufN87c/s1600-h/harris_joshua.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SXTUF8-aOmI/AAAAAAAABRI/aqet6ufN87c/s400/harris_joshua.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293088660799502946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Memorial Portrait of Army Sgt &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3738854.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Joshua W. Harris&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Age 21, of Romeoville, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois Army National Guard, Robbins, Ill.; died Sept. 17 in Gerdia Seria, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was 1st Lt. Mohsin A. Naqvi, Capt. Bruce E. Hays and Staff Sgt. Jason A. Vazquez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7530902285903942265?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7530902285903942265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7530902285903942265&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7530902285903942265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7530902285903942265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2009/01/joshua-w-harris.html' title='Joshua W. Harris'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SXTUF8-aOmI/AAAAAAAABRI/aqet6ufN87c/s72-c/harris_joshua.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3973545686474489757</id><published>2008-12-28T07:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T07:50:36.022-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of a House</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVefYDEoV9I/AAAAAAAABPo/pag-eyw31zY/s1600-h/MINK_20Feb2008ArtPreviewLG.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVefYDEoV9I/AAAAAAAABPo/pag-eyw31zY/s320/MINK_20Feb2008ArtPreviewLG.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284867923232970706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a house portrait done as a commission for a real estate agent. The agent gives the pencil portraits as closing gifts, and they get a great response! &lt;a href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/drawing_house_portrait_home_building.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Information on House Portraits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3973545686474489757?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3973545686474489757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3973545686474489757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3973545686474489757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3973545686474489757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-house.html' title='Pencil Portrait of a House'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVefYDEoV9I/AAAAAAAABPo/pag-eyw31zY/s72-c/MINK_20Feb2008ArtPreviewLG.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7919237583228959027</id><published>2008-12-28T07:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T07:42:51.038-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Beautiful Blond Girl Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVeePWeniXI/AAAAAAAABPg/_-aLvuYnt5M/s1600-h/Kilgore2_9uly2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVeePWeniXI/AAAAAAAABPg/_-aLvuYnt5M/s320/Kilgore2_9uly2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284866674311793010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I did this commissioned pencil portrait in July of 2008. Drawing someone with blond hair on white paper can be a challenge. I love how this came out and I think it's one of my all-time favorite pencil portraits.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7919237583228959027?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7919237583228959027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7919237583228959027&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7919237583228959027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7919237583228959027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/beautiful-blond-girl-pencil-portrait.html' title='Beautiful Blond Girl Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVeePWeniXI/AAAAAAAABPg/_-aLvuYnt5M/s72-c/Kilgore2_9uly2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-1742504281572332872</id><published>2008-12-28T07:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T07:43:58.348-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of Susan's Son</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVediT14oBI/AAAAAAAABPY/q8PLN19SVDg/s1600-h/heim_a_2Oct2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVediT14oBI/AAAAAAAABPY/q8PLN19SVDg/s320/heim_a_2Oct2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284865900509962258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The best part of this little boy's portrait was getting his expression right. He has such a spark, that was a very important part of getting a good likeness of him.  Commissioned pencil portrait, drawn on 11x14 Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-1742504281572332872?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/1742504281572332872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=1742504281572332872&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1742504281572332872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1742504281572332872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-shs-son.html' title='Pencil Portrait of Susan&apos;s Son'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVediT14oBI/AAAAAAAABPY/q8PLN19SVDg/s72-c/heim_a_2Oct2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3822033031297249562</id><published>2008-12-28T07:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T07:33:40.622-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grandchildren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grandparents'/><title type='text'>Portrait of Grandfather &amp; Grandchildren</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVebOxJzMNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/I2F3n4amZMs/s1600-h/e_west11Nov2008Preview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVebOxJzMNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/I2F3n4amZMs/s320/e_west11Nov2008Preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284863365757481170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This portrait was done using 3 separate photos as art references. This is a portrait of a grandfather with his grandchildren, however, the grandfather passed away before either of the children were born. I usually don't like to put 3 subjects on one piece of 11"x14" paper, but this worked out well because of the layout.  I did this portrait in November, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a digital photo of a portrait literally on my drawing board. You can see a bit of my board on the right of the photo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3822033031297249562?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3822033031297249562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3822033031297249562&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3822033031297249562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3822033031297249562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/portrait-of-grandfather-grandchildren.html' title='Portrait of Grandfather &amp; Grandchildren'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVebOxJzMNI/AAAAAAAABPQ/I2F3n4amZMs/s72-c/e_west11Nov2008Preview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8977379736564782484</id><published>2008-12-26T19:37:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:41:36.446-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='couple pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Couple Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWjIKhv_WI/AAAAAAAABPA/tnCjlMhLwkA/s1600-h/couple-pencil-portrait-valentines.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWjIKhv_WI/AAAAAAAABPA/tnCjlMhLwkA/s320/couple-pencil-portrait-valentines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284309098449337698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a pencil portrait that I did around the end of September 2008. A very good looking couple, don't you think? A pencil portrait like this makes a really nice engagement gift, wedding gift, or Valentine's gift. I've had clients who used the pencil portrait as a way to propose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8977379736564782484?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8977379736564782484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8977379736564782484&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8977379736564782484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8977379736564782484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/couple-pencil-portrait-valentines.html' title='Couple Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWjIKhv_WI/AAAAAAAABPA/tnCjlMhLwkA/s72-c/couple-pencil-portrait-valentines.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8685293056827907031</id><published>2008-12-26T19:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:41:56.562-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of a Young Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWiNxkj69I/AAAAAAAABO4/gXddsKWQOoY/s1600-h/boy-pencil-drawing-di.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWiNxkj69I/AAAAAAAABO4/gXddsKWQOoY/s320/boy-pencil-drawing-di.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284308095317830610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the portrait that started off the Christmas drawing season, for lack of a better name for the rush that starts in the fall! This little boy had a delightful expression and he was really fun to draw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pencil portraits drawn from photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8685293056827907031?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8685293056827907031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8685293056827907031&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8685293056827907031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8685293056827907031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-drawing-drawn-from.html' title='Pencil Portrait of a Young Boy'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWiNxkj69I/AAAAAAAABO4/gXddsKWQOoY/s72-c/boy-pencil-drawing-di.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3280250759739443673</id><published>2008-12-26T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:42:18.637-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brother portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of Two Brothers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWfvTZ10XI/AAAAAAAABOw/Z_3e3KGe1bU/s1600-h/brothers-pencil-portrait.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWfvTZ10XI/AAAAAAAABOw/Z_3e3KGe1bU/s320/brothers-pencil-portrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284305372800471410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A pencil portrait of two brothers. This was drawn on 11x14 Smooth Bristol paper from Strathmore. This was a commissioned portrait from husband to wife for Christmas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3280250759739443673?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3280250759739443673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3280250759739443673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3280250759739443673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3280250759739443673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-two-brothers.html' title='Pencil Portrait of Two Brothers'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVWfvTZ10XI/AAAAAAAABOw/Z_3e3KGe1bU/s72-c/brothers-pencil-portrait.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3907438795389131593</id><published>2008-12-26T13:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:42:32.980-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of a Little Cowboy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMVVDVuiI/AAAAAAAABOo/zCA3BbllXlI/s1600-h/wessel_9dec2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMVVDVuiI/AAAAAAAABOo/zCA3BbllXlI/s320/wessel_9dec2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284213667101260322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pencil portrait of a little boy in bandanna and cowboy hat. I had to take a little creative license with the bandanna, so it would look more "picturesque." I also brought out some details in the hat that were not as visible in the reference photo to give the portrait extra character.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3907438795389131593?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3907438795389131593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3907438795389131593&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3907438795389131593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3907438795389131593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-little-cowboy.html' title='Pencil Portrait of a Little Cowboy'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMVVDVuiI/AAAAAAAABOo/zCA3BbllXlI/s72-c/wessel_9dec2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-803411486709279724</id><published>2008-12-26T13:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:42:44.887-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memorial portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog portraits'/><title type='text'>Dog Memorial Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMBOzZxTI/AAAAAAAABOg/10Fr06y15Do/s1600-h/synborski_dog_lg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMBOzZxTI/AAAAAAAABOg/10Fr06y15Do/s320/synborski_dog_lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284213321826420018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pencil portrait of Rusty, a beloved dog. Drawn on 11x14 Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-803411486709279724?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/803411486709279724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=803411486709279724&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/803411486709279724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/803411486709279724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/dog-memorial-pencil-portrait.html' title='Dog Memorial Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVMBOzZxTI/AAAAAAAABOg/10Fr06y15Do/s72-c/synborski_dog_lg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8350658447327932204</id><published>2008-12-26T13:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:43:03.248-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait Little Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLmVKG5JI/AAAAAAAABOY/uXIrtLCn6z0/s1600-h/steinbeiss_simon_11Dec08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLmVKG5JI/AAAAAAAABOY/uXIrtLCn6z0/s320/steinbeiss_simon_11Dec08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284212859675796626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A less serious version of the little boy portrait previously posted! The little boy didn't have a shirt on in the reference photo so I drew a simple tee shirt on him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pencil portraits drawn from photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8350658447327932204?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8350658447327932204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8350658447327932204&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8350658447327932204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8350658447327932204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-little-boy.html' title='Pencil Portrait Little Boy'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLmVKG5JI/AAAAAAAABOY/uXIrtLCn6z0/s72-c/steinbeiss_simon_11Dec08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-5771641997013251697</id><published>2008-12-26T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:43:15.774-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Little Boy Serious Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLU1zY1CI/AAAAAAAABOQ/htXFKkcFMmU/s1600-h/Steinbeiss_Simon_6Dec2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLU1zY1CI/AAAAAAAABOQ/htXFKkcFMmU/s320/Steinbeiss_Simon_6Dec2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284212559201227810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A very cute little boy whose original portrait is now part of my portfolio to show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-5771641997013251697?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/5771641997013251697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=5771641997013251697&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5771641997013251697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5771641997013251697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/little-boy-serious-pencil-portrait.html' title='Little Boy Serious Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVLU1zY1CI/AAAAAAAABOQ/htXFKkcFMmU/s72-c/Steinbeiss_Simon_6Dec2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-2360916901091233470</id><published>2008-12-26T13:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:43:47.107-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Portrait of a Little Girl with Curls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKuxPkAcI/AAAAAAAABOI/2M4fwUd3oRc/s1600-h/steinbeiss_amelia_500px.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKuxPkAcI/AAAAAAAABOI/2M4fwUd3oRc/s320/steinbeiss_amelia_500px.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284211905142194626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pencil portrait on 11x14" paper. A really cute girl with a sweet expression and curly hair. I modified her hair bow from how it was in the reference photo so it would be obvious that it was a hair bow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-2360916901091233470?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/2360916901091233470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=2360916901091233470&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2360916901091233470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2360916901091233470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/portrait-little-girl-curly-hair.html' title='Portrait of a Little Girl with Curls'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKuxPkAcI/AAAAAAAABOI/2M4fwUd3oRc/s72-c/steinbeiss_amelia_500px.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8305886065190028041</id><published>2008-12-26T13:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:44:14.289-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='on the board'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of Sean S.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKcWja63I/AAAAAAAABOA/at7Yi_Y5X78/s1600-h/seansportrait.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKcWja63I/AAAAAAAABOA/at7Yi_Y5X78/s320/seansportrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284211588740082546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a portrait of my son's friend Sean S. I am working on this portrait.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8305886065190028041?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8305886065190028041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8305886065190028041&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8305886065190028041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8305886065190028041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-sean-s.html' title='Pencil Portrait of Sean S.'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVKcWja63I/AAAAAAAABOA/at7Yi_Y5X78/s72-c/seansportrait.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3061007952080736792</id><published>2008-12-26T13:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:44:37.739-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='on the board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of Young Woman</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJ_L58RAI/AAAAAAAABN4/kGBV4rqJREw/s1600-h/NORDBY_8Dec2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJ_L58RAI/AAAAAAAABN4/kGBV4rqJREw/s320/NORDBY_8Dec2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284211087665546242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This pencil portrait was 14" x 17" and here it literally is - on my drawing board.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3061007952080736792?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3061007952080736792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3061007952080736792&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3061007952080736792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3061007952080736792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-young-woman.html' title='Pencil Portrait of Young Woman'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJ_L58RAI/AAAAAAAABN4/kGBV4rqJREw/s72-c/NORDBY_8Dec2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-4353360906067547987</id><published>2008-12-26T13:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:44:55.537-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait Little Boy Drawing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJZxqXDKI/AAAAAAAABNw/p0QzenPbVsc/s1600-h/Merritt_Blake_Prev17Nov2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJZxqXDKI/AAAAAAAABNw/p0QzenPbVsc/s320/Merritt_Blake_Prev17Nov2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284210444965711010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another digital photo with light coming from the left. The artwork was much better quality than this photo shows. This little boy looks so sweet, he reminded me of my little boy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-4353360906067547987?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/4353360906067547987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=4353360906067547987&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4353360906067547987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4353360906067547987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-little-boy-drawing.html' title='Pencil Portrait Little Boy Drawing'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVJZxqXDKI/AAAAAAAABNw/p0QzenPbVsc/s72-c/Merritt_Blake_Prev17Nov2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-4417841498898106116</id><published>2008-12-26T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:45:12.208-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Little Girl Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIreRMWpI/AAAAAAAABNo/YS0AWWVO8Q0/s1600-h/Meek_Prev_26Nov2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIreRMWpI/AAAAAAAABNo/YS0AWWVO8Q0/s320/Meek_Prev_26Nov2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284209649485896338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This little girl's expression was so cute, she had me smiling the whole time I drew her. Just about to smile or laugh, but she was also curious, so she held her lips tight for the cell phone camera to take the reference photo. Although the reference photo was from a cellphone &amp;amp; I would have liked more details, I thought it came out pretty well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-4417841498898106116?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/4417841498898106116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=4417841498898106116&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4417841498898106116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4417841498898106116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/little-girl-pencil-portrait.html' title='Little Girl Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIreRMWpI/AAAAAAAABNo/YS0AWWVO8Q0/s72-c/Meek_Prev_26Nov2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-6680487701086047624</id><published>2008-12-26T13:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:45:31.547-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memorial portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dog portraits'/><title type='text'>Sheltie Dog Memorial Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIQmfRbSI/AAAAAAAABNg/EdCDrhogD60/s1600-h/Locke_Baxter_3Dec2008Preview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIQmfRbSI/AAAAAAAABNg/EdCDrhogD60/s320/Locke_Baxter_3Dec2008Preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284209187835964706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a memorial dog portrait of a Sheltie named Baxter. I completed this portrait on the 3rd of December. This portrait was done on 11x14 Bristol Smooth paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-6680487701086047624?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/6680487701086047624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=6680487701086047624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6680487701086047624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6680487701086047624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/sheltie-dog-portrait-pencil-drawing.html' title='Sheltie Dog Memorial Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVIQmfRbSI/AAAAAAAABNg/EdCDrhogD60/s72-c/Locke_Baxter_3Dec2008Preview.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8694966600111034767</id><published>2008-12-26T13:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:45:47.605-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Little Boy Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVH5QNGyvI/AAAAAAAABNY/H7eGBG5z4hM/s1600-h/Legenhausen_11Dec08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVH5QNGyvI/AAAAAAAABNY/H7eGBG5z4hM/s320/Legenhausen_11Dec08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284208786717199090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can really see which jobs were down to the wire as far as Christmas deadlines, can't you? Obviously a very quick digital shot, with sunlight coming from the left! But I got it done, the customer is happy, and it got there in time for Christmas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8694966600111034767?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8694966600111034767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8694966600111034767&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8694966600111034767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8694966600111034767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/little-boy-pencil-portrait.html' title='Little Boy Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVH5QNGyvI/AAAAAAAABNY/H7eGBG5z4hM/s72-c/Legenhausen_11Dec08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-6691800881035956192</id><published>2008-12-26T13:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:46:11.867-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boy pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of Two Toddler Children</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGsyeuXlI/AAAAAAAABNQ/YR_ItXnXHII/s1600-h/Legenhausen_1Dec2008_fullsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGsyeuXlI/AAAAAAAABNQ/YR_ItXnXHII/s320/Legenhausen_1Dec2008_fullsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284207473067974226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This portrait of two cousins was commissioned by the mothers of the children as a gift to the grandparents. This was drawn from two separate photos. In the reference photo, the child on the right was unclothed and in a bathtub. I drew on a t-shirt for her. The top of her head was not in the reference photo, but I made a guess and luckily I guessed right.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-6691800881035956192?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/6691800881035956192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=6691800881035956192&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6691800881035956192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6691800881035956192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-of-two-toddler-children.html' title='Pencil Portrait of Two Toddler Children'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGsyeuXlI/AAAAAAAABNQ/YR_ItXnXHII/s72-c/Legenhausen_1Dec2008_fullsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8230966946612681269</id><published>2008-12-26T12:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T13:02:51.750-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Memorial Portrait of a Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGFlqNXgI/AAAAAAAABNI/Gl2Zuw0JoDU/s1600-h/kuehnl_prev26Nov2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGFlqNXgI/AAAAAAAABNI/Gl2Zuw0JoDU/s320/kuehnl_prev26Nov2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284206799611584002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This portrait looks light here, because I had too much light when I took the photo. This portrait was drawn from a very old photo with high contrast. I used a computer graphics program to zoom in and lighten the right side of his head and ear (to your left looking at the artwork) because I couldn't see any details at all in the ear - due to the high contrast, it was completely black. From lightening the photo on the computer and zooming in, I was able to make out a few darker areas and was able to make a strong guess.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8230966946612681269?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8230966946612681269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8230966946612681269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8230966946612681269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8230966946612681269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/memorial-portrait-of-man.html' title='Memorial Portrait of a Man'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVGFlqNXgI/AAAAAAAABNI/Gl2Zuw0JoDU/s72-c/kuehnl_prev26Nov2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3343561677995771917</id><published>2008-12-26T12:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T19:46:34.826-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='girl pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><title type='text'>Little Girl Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEwZcYjqI/AAAAAAAABMw/XN7vOdHndhM/s1600-h/Fazio_Proof24Nov2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEwZcYjqI/AAAAAAAABMw/XN7vOdHndhM/s320/Fazio_Proof24Nov2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284205336043490978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think this was one of my favorite pencil portraits that I've done this holiday season. Her pose, her sweet expression, her clothing, her overall sweetness is just incredible, so it's an easy task to draw a pretty portrait of a pretty girl really.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3343561677995771917?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3343561677995771917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3343561677995771917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3343561677995771917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3343561677995771917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-from-photo-little-girl.html' title='Little Girl Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEwZcYjqI/AAAAAAAABMw/XN7vOdHndhM/s72-c/Fazio_Proof24Nov2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3230809701757819011</id><published>2008-12-26T12:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T12:54:55.761-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Boy Colored Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEFlSUYSI/AAAAAAAABMo/mNpK62Gvy7Y/s1600-h/dubak-framed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEFlSUYSI/AAAAAAAABMo/mNpK62Gvy7Y/s320/dubak-framed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284204600488124706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a framed colored pencil portrait that I completed a couple of years ago. My client recently emailed me and told me she raved about me and showed the portraits (I've done 2 for her) on her Facebook page. She hoped I wouldn't mind. MIND?!? MIND?!? First of all, I have no mind, and secondly, I'd have to be nuts to turn down free advertising like that! Nothing beats a first-hand recommendation like that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3230809701757819011?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3230809701757819011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3230809701757819011&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3230809701757819011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3230809701757819011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/pencil-portrait-toddler-boy-framed.html' title='Little Boy Colored Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVEFlSUYSI/AAAAAAAABMo/mNpK62Gvy7Y/s72-c/dubak-framed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-74752013474891023</id><published>2008-12-26T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T12:51:37.209-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Colored Pencil Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='house portraits'/><title type='text'>House Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVDOC-dLQI/AAAAAAAABMg/d8THbupUEvo/s1600-h/Carlyle_Fullsize1Dec2008House.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVDOC-dLQI/AAAAAAAABMg/d8THbupUEvo/s320/Carlyle_Fullsize1Dec2008House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284203646385204482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a house portrait. Probably the house in it tipped you off to that already... ;-)&lt;br /&gt;This was done on 11"x14" Smooth Bristol paper. It's mixed media, because I used graphite pencil, colored pencil, and pastels in it. I love pastels for making the sky and grass look dreamy and soft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a Christmas gift from the daughter to the family. They have moved from this house but the family has a lot of great memories of this home.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-74752013474891023?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/74752013474891023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=74752013474891023&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/74752013474891023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/74752013474891023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/house-portrait-pencil-portrait-home.html' title='House Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVDOC-dLQI/AAAAAAAABMg/d8THbupUEvo/s72-c/Carlyle_Fullsize1Dec2008House.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7949538976424444736</id><published>2008-12-26T12:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T12:44:22.340-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 pencil portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pencil portrait of man'/><title type='text'>Memorial Pencil Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVB_FfSDoI/AAAAAAAABMY/AHWYfzF9_y4/s1600-h/bezemafullsizeportraitart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVB_FfSDoI/AAAAAAAABMY/AHWYfzF9_y4/s320/bezemafullsizeportraitart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284202289850093186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a portrait of a gentleman who has unfortunately passed away. It is a memorial portrait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you look closely, you can see that the lens of his glasses on the right is too long. I spotted my mistake and fixed that, but then in the rush to get Christmas orders out quickly, forgot to take another photo of the artwork. This artwork was done on 11x14 paper.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7949538976424444736?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7949538976424444736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7949538976424444736&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7949538976424444736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7949538976424444736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/12/memorial-pencil-portrait.html' title='Memorial Pencil Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/SVVB_FfSDoI/AAAAAAAABMY/AHWYfzF9_y4/s72-c/bezemafullsizeportraitart.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-5221631617789499479</id><published>2008-03-22T07:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-22T07:44:11.058-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random sketches'/><title type='text'>Random Sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/R-UarK_1-nI/AAAAAAAAAkg/LOBaV4_vHu8/s1600-h/SmallSketchTowels2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/R-UarK_1-nI/AAAAAAAAAkg/LOBaV4_vHu8/s320/SmallSketchTowels2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180576275348454002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a little mundane graphite pencil sketch of my sofa with a stack of folded towels piled up on it.  The drawing is on matboard and is  about 4"x5".  Just something fun to do when I have a minute. It's good drawing practice. I just draw anything if I can't get someone to pose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-5221631617789499479?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/5221631617789499479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=5221631617789499479&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5221631617789499479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5221631617789499479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/random-sketch.html' title='Random Sketch'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/R-UarK_1-nI/AAAAAAAAAkg/LOBaV4_vHu8/s72-c/SmallSketchTowels2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8019364343540224597</id><published>2008-03-17T13:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T13:07:53.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oops</title><content type='html'>oh boy, I kind of forgot about this blog....I am very behind in posting to it, sorry!&lt;br /&gt;Maybe when I get caught up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, promises promises!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8019364343540224597?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8019364343540224597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8019364343540224597&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8019364343540224597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8019364343540224597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/oops.html' title='oops'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-1602811287204949025</id><published>2007-09-30T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T20:20:05.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='draw child'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pencil portraits of boys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Drawing Boy with Ball</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RwBml3WgcyI/AAAAAAAAAK0/VGc_30NDbFA/s1600-h/boywithball.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RwBml3WgcyI/AAAAAAAAAK0/VGc_30NDbFA/s400/boywithball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116201977392427810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a pencil portrait of a little boy that I did a few years ago. It was a rather large portrait, I think on 18x24 paper.  I'm pleased with how I drew the overalls - the extra time taken to put in the puckers that fabric naturally has was worth it. I get really bored drawing clothing sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;This is a portrait that I have grown to appreciate more over time too-I think I tend to be too much of a perfectionist, so I think with the passing of time I am able to better appreciate my work. I just wish I had a better photo of it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-1602811287204949025?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/1602811287204949025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=1602811287204949025&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1602811287204949025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1602811287204949025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/09/pencil-drawing-boy-with-ball.html' title='Pencil Drawing Boy with Ball'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RwBml3WgcyI/AAAAAAAAAK0/VGc_30NDbFA/s72-c/boywithball.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-1285880170836523660</id><published>2007-07-18T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T20:00:56.331-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art history'/><title type='text'>Women in Art, 500 years, morphed</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-1285880170836523660?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/1285880170836523660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=1285880170836523660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1285880170836523660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1285880170836523660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/07/women-in-art-500-years-morphed.html' title='Women in Art, 500 years, morphed'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-6139145491310009282</id><published>2007-05-29T21:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T21:37:26.383-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brother portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boy Portrait'/><title type='text'>Portrait of Two Brothers in Pencil</title><content type='html'>Pencil Portrait based on a photo of two boys...I changed their positions in the photo to create this portrait. I accidentally posted it to my other blog so you need to click here to see it and read the story about it! OOoops!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://darligraphy.blogspot.com/2007/05/portrait-in-pencil-of-two-brothers.html"&gt;LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-6139145491310009282?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/6139145491310009282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=6139145491310009282&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6139145491310009282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/6139145491310009282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/05/portrait-of-two-brothers-in-pencil.html' title='Portrait of Two Brothers in Pencil'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-984115004734080832</id><published>2007-03-16T19:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:40:34.187-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lady Alice Lisle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><title type='text'>Lady Alice Lisle Book Illustration Portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RftQoZIUNBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/V_sezI0F_Mk/s1600-h/WRH_LisleRef.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RftQoZIUNBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/V_sezI0F_Mk/s320/WRH_LisleRef.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042712862642156562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RftS85IUNCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/JHPP97dszP4/s1600-h/WRH_LadyAliceLislePreview.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RftS85IUNCI/AAAAAAAAAEU/JHPP97dszP4/s320/WRH_LadyAliceLislePreview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042715413852730402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lady Alice Lisle - I only had the painting at the far left (from a book cover) to use as my art reference. I created a mirror image in my graphics program, and then used that as my art reference. I needed to age her to about age 70.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Alice was executed by beheading in 1695. I looked up fashion examples of women's wear and head coverings for that time period. I especially looked for older women, which was difficult. I found this hat on an older lady in the correct time period and decided it might be appropriate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To age her, I surmised that she would have darker circles under her eyes, her jowls would be a little lower, and I decided on some lines on her forehead and near her eyebrows. I made her more gray at her temples...and certainly more gray-haired than we tend to think of a 70 year old woman as being...but remember in those days, there weren't any Clairol haircolors!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-984115004734080832?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/984115004734080832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=984115004734080832&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/984115004734080832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/984115004734080832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/03/lady-alice-lisle-book-illustration.html' title='Lady Alice Lisle Book Illustration Portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RftQoZIUNBI/AAAAAAAAAEM/V_sezI0F_Mk/s72-c/WRH_LisleRef.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-4818400777923130324</id><published>2007-02-26T12:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T12:21:43.289-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sisters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='combined portraits'/><title type='text'>combined portrait of 3 sisters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReNBOvtugmI/AAAAAAAAADI/uo1f4mffKfc/s1600-h/PETERS_sisters_trio_layout_sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReNBOvtugmI/AAAAAAAAADI/uo1f4mffKfc/s320/PETERS_sisters_trio_layout_sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035940529912578658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the rough layout for the portrait of three sisters drawn from three separate photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReNAo_tuglI/AAAAAAAAAC8/mDMmI_Artaw/s1600-h/peters_two_artworks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReNAo_tuglI/AAAAAAAAAC8/mDMmI_Artaw/s320/peters_two_artworks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035939881372516946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I did 2 artworks of the three sisters, as you can see they came out differently. I prefer the 2nd one but the client happily accepted both!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-4818400777923130324?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/4818400777923130324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=4818400777923130324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4818400777923130324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/4818400777923130324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/combined-portrait-of-3-sisters.html' title='combined portrait of 3 sisters'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReNBOvtugmI/AAAAAAAAADI/uo1f4mffKfc/s72-c/PETERS_sisters_trio_layout_sketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-484103682453113399</id><published>2007-02-26T08:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T08:15:22.071-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wedding portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>putting several photographic images together to make a new pencil portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMF4PtugiI/AAAAAAAAACU/KLU08I9cEbE/s1600-h/STEWART_proof.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMF4PtugiI/AAAAAAAAACU/KLU08I9cEbE/s320/STEWART_proof.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035875272179483170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the completed artwork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMFtftughI/AAAAAAAAACM/QqI5vcu6vYQ/s1600-h/STEWART_WIP_02072006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMFtftughI/AAAAAAAAACM/QqI5vcu6vYQ/s320/STEWART_WIP_02072006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035875087495889426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a photograph of an artwork while it was in progress. I only had some rather small and blurry snapshots from the 1950's to work with. I scanned them and enlarged them closer to the size they'd be in the portrait. I used several photographs as reference to get the likenesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A portrait like this would be approximately $300 currently&lt;/span&gt; (a little more than a basic two person portrait, because of the lace wedding dress, veil, and the need to combine so many photos.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-484103682453113399?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/484103682453113399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=484103682453113399&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/484103682453113399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/484103682453113399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html' title='putting several photographic images together to make a new pencil portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMF4PtugiI/AAAAAAAAACU/KLU08I9cEbE/s72-c/STEWART_proof.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8348642863542869578</id><published>2007-02-23T20:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T05:53:00.296-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='little girl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pencil portraits of girls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Toddler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil Portrait of a Little Girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMHu_tugjI/AAAAAAAAACk/egmUdhfnxRs/s1600-h/Maybury_Kensington_25Feb2007_400px.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMHu_tugjI/AAAAAAAAACk/egmUdhfnxRs/s320/Maybury_Kensington_25Feb2007_400px.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035877312288948786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a digital photo of the artwork (above) and it look a little dark. The actual look of the artwork is more like the scan below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rd--tepcKQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/s6FmwF0nUSk/s1600-h/GirlPencilP400.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rd--tepcKQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/s6FmwF0nUSk/s320/GirlPencilP400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034952596953770242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Amazing what adding some hair and clothing details will do. The little girl's name was handlettered at the bottom center of the artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/graphite-pencil-portrait-of-sweet.html"&gt;Click here to see the artwork in its earlier state.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8348642863542869578?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8348642863542869578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8348642863542869578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8348642863542869578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8348642863542869578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/pencil-portrait-of-little-girl.html' title='Pencil Portrait of a Little Girl'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/ReMHu_tugjI/AAAAAAAAACk/egmUdhfnxRs/s72-c/Maybury_Kensington_25Feb2007_400px.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7713294876807354477</id><published>2007-02-21T22:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-21T22:04:11.884-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Cook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>James Cook Portrait for Book Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rd0yDOpcKPI/AAAAAAAAABs/ZyztgW255is/s1600-h/WRH_COLONIAL_Cook400.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rd0yDOpcKPI/AAAAAAAAABs/ZyztgW255is/s320/WRH_COLONIAL_Cook400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5034234989522987250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Cook pencil portrait for the book, What Really Happened During Colonial Times (that's the tentative title I think) for BramleyBooks.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7713294876807354477?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7713294876807354477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7713294876807354477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7713294876807354477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7713294876807354477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/james-cook-portrait-for-book.html' title='James Cook Portrait for Book Illustration'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rd0yDOpcKPI/AAAAAAAAABs/ZyztgW255is/s72-c/WRH_COLONIAL_Cook400.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-8250998296331533264</id><published>2007-02-14T10:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T10:49:59.389-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boy Portrait'/><title type='text'>Little boy pencil portrait drawn from photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdNYtOpcKOI/AAAAAAAAABg/UzNxlk3LaoI/s1600-h/BlogBoy400pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdNYtOpcKOI/AAAAAAAAABg/UzNxlk3LaoI/s320/BlogBoy400pixels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031462742752241890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is the portrait from the other day, now all finished. If you remember, it was the portrait that just looked like a floating head ( &lt;a href="http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/baby-boy-pencil-portrait-from-photo.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LINK &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ran out of 11x14 paper (gasp! Some on order) but I used 14x17...it can either be cut down or left as is. The image area is all within the 11x14" space though. At least this gives the client some freedom in the framing/matting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the reference photo, he is leaning on his side and a bib obscures part of his chin, so I hope I have his chin right. The sweater is out of my imagination, but I did happen across a tiny little photo in a magazine of a little boy about the same age wearing a sweater, and that helped me a bit with the neck length, and where the folds of knit would fall.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-8250998296331533264?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/8250998296331533264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=8250998296331533264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8250998296331533264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/8250998296331533264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/little-boy-pencil-portrait-drawn-from.html' title='Little boy pencil portrait drawn from photo'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdNYtOpcKOI/AAAAAAAAABg/UzNxlk3LaoI/s72-c/BlogBoy400pixels.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7463683059243551650</id><published>2007-02-12T07:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T13:38:46.268-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lucretia mott'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='historical art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><title type='text'>Lettering sample idea for book illustrations</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdCGl-pcKNI/AAAAAAAAABU/rakj3yNiDQg/s1600-h/WRHColonial_Scroll_Lettering_Sample.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdCGl-pcKNI/AAAAAAAAABU/rakj3yNiDQg/s320/WRHColonial_Scroll_Lettering_Sample.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030668770802936018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just a test sketch for how lettering might be put on each pencil portrait illustration in the book...&lt;br /&gt;the downside of any name lettering of this sort is that the lengths of the people's names are different, therefore the lettering on each would need to be bigger or smaller, depending on the name length...so all of them would not be the same - so although I kind of like the look of it and the idea, I think it might actually bring out&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; differences &lt;/span&gt;rather than tie every one of the pictures together.  We'd be in the same situation whether it's scrolls, banners, or something that looks engraved, because of the varying lengths of names.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7463683059243551650?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7463683059243551650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7463683059243551650&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7463683059243551650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7463683059243551650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/lettering-sample-idea-for-book.html' title='Lettering sample idea for book illustrations'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RdCGl-pcKNI/AAAAAAAAABU/rakj3yNiDQg/s72-c/WRHColonial_Scroll_Lettering_Sample.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-2012645206224753811</id><published>2007-02-11T13:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T05:53:35.312-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>Baby boy pencil portrait from photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc-JbOpcKMI/AAAAAAAAABI/YQGBAmwsz8A/s1600-h/Unfin_BoyB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc-JbOpcKMI/AAAAAAAAABI/YQGBAmwsz8A/s320/Unfin_BoyB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030390409677514946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a floating head...oh, just kidding...don't worry, he &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;will&lt;/span&gt; have a body later! :)&lt;br /&gt;This pencil portrait is at the stage where it is not blended, there are no highlights taken out yet.&lt;br /&gt;I had just stared laying out the dark areas. I worked on the eyes a lot at this point, rather than try to do it after the face is blended and highlighted. To me, the eyes are almost always the key to making the portrait look like the person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to the body, the reference photo showed the little boy lying down and his bib totally obscures his shoulders and neck, so I'll have to determine the neck and shoulder lengths, and then add in clothing. The client told me she wants something like a cable knit sweater or something similar. The baby is 6 months old, so that will give me an idea about how long to draw his neck and shoulders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do these pencil portraits on commission, and if you would like a portrait in graphite pencil of a child, Please see my website for more information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/"&gt;http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-2012645206224753811?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/2012645206224753811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=2012645206224753811&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2012645206224753811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/2012645206224753811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/baby-boy-pencil-portrait-from-photo.html' title='Baby boy pencil portrait from photo'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc-JbOpcKMI/AAAAAAAAABI/YQGBAmwsz8A/s72-c/Unfin_BoyB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-1735629256628675205</id><published>2007-02-10T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T09:08:39.059-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Toddler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>Graphite pencil portrait of sweet little toddler girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc39QepcKLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Y8IiPTOIkqU/s1600-h/M_Girl_Unfinished_10Feb2007jpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc39QepcKLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Y8IiPTOIkqU/s320/M_Girl_Unfinished_10Feb2007jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029954818389321906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm waiting to hear back from her grandmother regarding how they would like her hair portrayed. Still a lot of work to do, and I'm looking forward to all the small stitched flower details on her shirt. So cute!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-1735629256628675205?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/1735629256628675205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=1735629256628675205&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1735629256628675205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/1735629256628675205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/graphite-pencil-portrait-of-sweet.html' title='Graphite pencil portrait of sweet little toddler girl'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc39QepcKLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Y8IiPTOIkqU/s72-c/M_Girl_Unfinished_10Feb2007jpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3531198018100106815</id><published>2007-02-10T09:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-08T17:57:32.718-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Colored Pencil Portraits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><title type='text'>Colored pencil portrait little boy - age regression</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc37qupcKKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/3Bc3--DbUWc/s1600-h/H_Vadik_10Feb2007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc37qupcKKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/3Bc3--DbUWc/s320/H_Vadik_10Feb2007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029953070337632418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I worked on his hair and his skin tones. I found a great set of 24 prismacolor colored pencils - specifically for people portraits - there are colors in this set that I didn't even know existed, so I am excited to create some better work. It won't make me a better artist instantly, but it never hurts to have the right tools.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3531198018100106815?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3531198018100106815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3531198018100106815&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3531198018100106815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3531198018100106815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/colored-pencil-portrait-little-boy-age.html' title='Colored pencil portrait little boy - age regression'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/Rc37qupcKKI/AAAAAAAAAAw/3Bc3--DbUWc/s72-c/H_Vadik_10Feb2007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-7859686598215833089</id><published>2007-02-08T17:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-08T17:55:01.551-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drawing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><title type='text'>What Really Happened ... Narcissa Whitman -  Book Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvUsepcKJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ITpOP3ZTG4k/s1600-h/WRH_COLONIAL_Whitman_400pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvUsepcKJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ITpOP3ZTG4k/s320/WRH_COLONIAL_Whitman_400pixels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029347269495498898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Book Portrait illustration of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Narcissa Whitman&lt;br /&gt;for &lt;a href="http://www.bramleybooks.com"&gt;http://www.bramleybooks.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-7859686598215833089?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/7859686598215833089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=7859686598215833089&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7859686598215833089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/7859686598215833089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-really-happened-narcissa-whitman.html' title='What Really Happened ... Narcissa Whitman -  Book Illustration'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvUsepcKJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ITpOP3ZTG4k/s72-c/WRH_COLONIAL_Whitman_400pixels.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-3399263616792699831</id><published>2007-02-08T17:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T10:34:37.687-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rachel Revere'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><title type='text'>What Really Happened ... Rachel Revere Book Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRnepcKII/AAAAAAAAAAY/HInr-5FfID8/s1600-h/WRH_COLONIAL_Revere_400pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRnepcKII/AAAAAAAAAAY/HInr-5FfID8/s320/WRH_COLONIAL_Revere_400pixels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029343885061269634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rachel Revere, second wife of Paul Revere&lt;/span&gt; - In 1773 Paul Revere's first wife Sarah died, leaving behind six surviving children, and Revere married Rachel Walker, wiith whom he would have five more surviving children. I drew this based on a miniature brooch portrait. I couldn't find any other reference images to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://e-mealz.com/amember/go.php?r=26673&amp;amp;i=b3"&gt;&lt;img alt="SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH E-MEALZ MEAL PLANS" src="http://www.e-mealz.com/banners/banner-225x225d.gif" border="0" height="225" width="225" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-3399263616792699831?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/3399263616792699831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=3399263616792699831&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3399263616792699831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/3399263616792699831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-really-happened-rachel-revere-book.html' title='What Really Happened ... Rachel Revere Book Illustration'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRnepcKII/AAAAAAAAAAY/HInr-5FfID8/s72-c/WRH_COLONIAL_Revere_400pixels.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-5819438745883562673</id><published>2007-02-08T17:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-08T17:53:55.920-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portrait'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catherine Ferguson'/><title type='text'>What Really Happened ... Catherine Ferguson - Colonial Times Book Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRCepcKHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HEFBVeOjVRE/s1600-h/WRH_COLONIAL_Ferguson_400pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRCepcKHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HEFBVeOjVRE/s320/WRH_COLONIAL_Ferguson_400pixels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029343249406109810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This one is for the 3rd book in a series of 4 history books for homeschoolers (and anyone else with an interest in history). &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This illustration is of Catherine (Katy) Ferguson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;She was a black woman who was purchased out of slavery and went on to  care for orphans in New York City.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-5819438745883562673?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/5819438745883562673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=5819438745883562673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5819438745883562673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/5819438745883562673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-really-happened-colonial-times.html' title='What Really Happened ... Catherine Ferguson - Colonial Times Book Illustration'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/RcvRCepcKHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HEFBVeOjVRE/s72-c/WRH_COLONIAL_Ferguson_400pixels.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-117009552602153254</id><published>2007-01-29T10:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T10:32:06.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gutenberg pencil portrait  used as book illustration</title><content type='html'>Here's the rough sketch, beginning layout for Gutenberg's portrait for the What Really Happened During the Middle Ages book:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/363963/gutenberginprogress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/320/211789/gutenberginprogress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Messy looking, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then more is put into it and it came out more or less like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/392645/GutenbergWIP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/320/233070/GutenbergWIP.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-117009552602153254?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/117009552602153254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=117009552602153254&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009552602153254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009552602153254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/01/gutenberg-pencil-portrait-used-as-book.html' title='Gutenberg pencil portrait  used as book illustration'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-117009428606566580</id><published>2007-01-29T10:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T10:16:29.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>pencil portrait drawn from two separate photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/101842/FREED_LayoutSketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/320/705172/FREED_LayoutSketch.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The client sent me two separate photographs - one of him, and the other of his wife when they were first dating. This fast sketch is how I planned to layout the artwork - I sent it to the client to give him an idea of what I envisioned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below, you can see the final result:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/616820/FREED_Prev_400pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/320/521992/FREED_Prev_400pixels.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see from the first sketch, I had planned to move her eye direction, but in the end, I decided to move the direction of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;his&lt;/span&gt; eyes so they would be looking in the same direction.&lt;br /&gt;One of the challenges when working from two separate photographs is the lighting. The lighting will be different, so allowances and changes need to be made. Reflections in the eyes should be on the same side of the eye (usually). I first noticed the need to do that when I was in a frame shop in Snellville when I first started drawing portraits for people. The portrait was in pastel and it was gorgeous but I was immediately aware that it was drawn from separate photographs because the reflections in the eyes were on opposite sides, and the shadows in the portrait didn't make sense. They can't be together in a portrait and have the dark sides on opposite sides. Once I noticed it, it really bothered me a lot - kind of ruined the initial impression I had of the portrait being beautiful. I made a mental note to always remember that, and I think just seeing that one portrait eally helped my art skills from that point.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-117009428606566580?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/117009428606566580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=117009428606566580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009428606566580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009428606566580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/01/pencil-portrait-drawn-from-two.html' title='pencil portrait drawn from two separate photos'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-117009393060292813</id><published>2007-01-29T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T10:05:30.603-08:00</updated><title type='text'>pencil portrait little boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/500575/DubakPreview14Jan2007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/320/81417/DubakPreview14Jan2007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I wish I could figure out how to adjust photos of my artwork so they won't appear blue!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-117009393060292813?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/117009393060292813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=117009393060292813&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009393060292813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009393060292813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/01/pencil-portrait-little-boy.html' title='pencil portrait little boy'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-117009330633341686</id><published>2007-01-29T09:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T09:55:06.343-08:00</updated><title type='text'>colored pencil age regression portrait</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/1600/620364/Hammerschmidt_Vadik_Prev_25Jan2007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7896/99/200/206050/Hammerschmidt_Vadik_Prev_25Jan2007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is an age regression portrait, and a colored pencil one at that. It's unfinished, still need to work on the hair and small details. This is probably one of the last regression and colored pencil portraits I will do in a long time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-117009330633341686?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/117009330633341686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=117009330633341686&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009330633341686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/117009330633341686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2007/01/colored-pencil-age-regression-portrait.html' title='colored pencil age regression portrait'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-116388581131060984</id><published>2006-11-18T13:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T13:38:59.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pencil portrait sketch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7896/99/1600/TUMPEY_in_progress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7896/99/320/TUMPEY_in_progress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see this portrait finished a few posts down...This photo shows how I generally scan a photo, greyscale it in my graphics program, and then print it out to be close to the size (or the same size) as the portrait. It is easier for me to get the shading the right size this way. I don't always do it, but it's often helpful.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-116388581131060984?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/116388581131060984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=116388581131060984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/116388581131060984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/116388581131060984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2006/11/pencil-portrait-sketch.html' title='Pencil portrait sketch'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-116369711494463899</id><published>2006-11-16T09:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T09:11:54.953-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby pencil portraits</title><content type='html'>Pencil portraits of your baby&lt;br /&gt;I use photos as my art reference.&lt;br /&gt;Makes a great gift, contact me today for details!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darla&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com"&gt;http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-116369711494463899?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/116369711494463899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=116369711494463899&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/116369711494463899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/116369711494463899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2006/11/baby-pencil-portraits.html' title='Baby pencil portraits'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-115823087018704810</id><published>2006-09-14T03:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T05:57:40.416-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Toddler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fine art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Graphite Pencil Portraits'/><title type='text'>Pencil portraits drawn from your photo</title><content type='html'>Here is an example of one of my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/"&gt;pencil portraits&lt;/a&gt; drawn from a photograph&lt;/strong&gt;. You can hire me to draw a portrait for you of yourself, your children, your pets, your home, and more. I'm a published artist and would love to do this for you. Visit my website to get more details and contact me. &lt;a href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINK&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7896/99/320/BoyWithRefPhoto.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-115823087018704810?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/115823087018704810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=115823087018704810&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/115823087018704810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/115823087018704810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2006/09/pencil-portraits-drawn-from-your-photo.html' title='Pencil portraits drawn from your photo'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34224753.post-115799526197931564</id><published>2006-09-11T10:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T10:21:01.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pencil Portraits Drawn From Photos</title><content type='html'>Please view my gallery online at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and let me know what you think.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34224753-115799526197931564?l=pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/feeds/115799526197931564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34224753&amp;postID=115799526197931564&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/115799526197931564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34224753/posts/default/115799526197931564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pencilportraitsfromphotos.blogspot.com/2006/09/pencil-portraits-drawn-from-photos.html' title='Pencil Portraits Drawn From Photos'/><author><name>Darla Dixon, Artist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ywLDfIVqipI/TSjg7es2BvI/AAAAAAAABqY/6M65-SCZPjs/S220/darla_pic2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
