Just thought I'd load the Reference and the 2 WIP scans I took.

First, I cropped the colored reference photo I found on Google.com/images

and then, I converted it to B & W so I can see the contrast better.

We met Aaron Paul (Jessie Pinkman) at Hard Rock Cafe in 2010


FULL Drawing here

NOTE: The UN-enlarged view is EXACT SIZE of the drawing

I found a photo of Ryan Gosling and George Clooney combined. Ryan is holding a folded TIME magazine over 1/2 of his face with Clooney on the other side. I have not seen the movie yet, but want to.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year! I've been SO busy with moving, work etc that this is the first drawing I've down in almost 2 months. Now that we are settled, and winter is setting in, I hope to be drawing a lot more!

SIZE: 6.5 x 8 inches
PAPER: Bristol Smooth 300 series by Strathmore
PENCILS: Staedtler Mars Lumograph 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H
TIME: about 10 hours

I FINALLY finished my largest drawing EVER. Well not largest dimensions, but 3 faces, 3 smiling mouths and LOTS of hair

This is a PHOTO, not a scan. Too large to scan. I will reload better photos later. It's slightly out of focus, and there is no WAY to see all the tiny details I put into this. Like the hundreds of hair strands I first scratched into the paper.

TIME: 25+ hours
SIZE: 13x16 inches
PAPER: Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler Mars Lumograph H, HB, F, B, 2B

I was hired by a girl in Texas to draw her (far right) and her 2 sisters as a mothers day gift.

I will upload individual shots later as well

Leonardo DiCaprio
DISPLAYED is LARGER than Actual Drawing
SIZE: 4.75 x 6.25 inches

(WIP UPDATED 1/5/11 NOT DONE YET and 8 total videos uploaded so far)

Be sure to check out or subscribe to my NEW YouTube channel (DrPencil777) [link] as I have already uploaded 8 tutorial videos on various aspects of drawing...

1) Workshop Tour and Self Intro (meet me)
2) Self Intro - take 2 (meet me)
3) Drawing "Hard Shadows"
4) Blending - Part 1 of 5
5) Blending - Part 2 of 5
6) Blending - Part 3 of 5

I plan to do SPECIFIC and concentrated tutorials, up to 15 minutes long each, on various subject's such as:
1) Blending and Rendering
2) Eyes
3) Lips
4) Noses
5) Teeth
6) Hair
7) Tools
8) Facial Hair
9) Wrinkles
10) Contrast, Light Source and Tonal Values...
and what ever else I can think of, or I get suggestions for doing in order to help my pencil buddies out there!

Just go HERE [link]

Full Drawing

Hey, CBS.com just used this drawing in their gallery for PERSON OF INTEREST 4-22-2013!!! Check it out here: [link]

PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE: [link]

NOTE: The UN-enlarged view is a little larger than the drawing.

This is Jim Caviezel. He played Jesus Christ in the movie "The Passion" and now he has a new show with Michael Emerson (Ben from LOST) called "Person of Interest". It's a GREAT show!!

SIZE: 6 x 7.5 inches
PAPER: Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler 3B, 2B, B, F, H and blending stumps
TIME: about 10 hours

Progress Scans


View a HUGE close up for details [link]

How do I get dark areas so black? View my TIP GUIDE


Follow me on Twitter. I often post WIPs of new drawings and random TIPS I do not post on DA
[link]

(BOTH VIEWS are LARGER than the original drawing). For larger view of details, click Download?

This is Ben Folds, singer-songwriter. My son "Andrew Belle" opened for him in Seattle WA in September 2009, and his is currently on tour with the last guy I drew (Jeremy Lister) and his a Capella group, "Street Corner Symphony".

SIZE: 6 x 7 Inches
TIME: about 10 hours (2 more than most)
PAPER: Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler Mars Lumograph H, B, 2B

The ENLARGED VIEW is the EXACT SIZE of the ORIGINAL Drawing

I recently got into the HBO series "Entourage". My fav is Jeremy Piven as "Ari Gold". I loved the shadows and values in the photo!

I met Jeremy Piven's make-up artist on Twitter and she is getting him the image, and maybe the original. How cool is that?!? Imagine if he re-tweets my drawing to his 1.6+MILLION followers lol


SIZE: 7 x 8.5 inches
TIME: 12 hours
PAPER: Strathmore Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler H, HB, F, B, 2B, 3B

Reference Phot0 & WIPS

11/24/10 - I JUST reloaded the drawing, after making his coat all black, and correcting a few things
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I did this for my dad's birthday. It's the classic scene from "Gone with the Wind" made in 1939. It considered by many to be the greatest film of ALL time.

SIZE: 13 x 16
TIME: about 17 hours
PAPER: Bristol Smooth

This is a Singer/Songwriter originally from Nashville. He has some great Indie style music at www.myspace.com/carybrothers
He is also a friend of my son www.AndrewBelle.com
Of COURSE he gets the original. I've never met Cary, but my son will give it to him when they play at the same venue at the "South by Southwest" fest (SXSW) in Texas this month.

Also, the hair over his shoulder had an out of focus look to it. I should have just kept it in focus, You can see the source photo in his myspace photos.