Blended Pencil technique
6 X 8
Portrait #1 – Andrew (practice)
This is my first attempt at doing a portrait (from a photo) using graphite (actually a #2 pencil) and smoothing the marks with tortillions (rolled paper sticks with points). I want to do as many of these as I need to become comfortable with the likeness. Then I’ll do the final portrait in pastel. Little Andrew is watched by his Grandfather Alex next door and is just a delight.