View is LARGER than ACTUAL SIZE of Drawing

I was inspired to draw Denzel Washington by his recent movie "FLIGHT" but he's been one of my ALL TIME favorite actors for many years!
I've wanted to draw him for a long time, but I could not find the "right photo".

SIZE: 6.25 x 5.75 INCHES
MEDIUM: Graphite on Bristol Smooth 300 series stock
TIME: 12+ Hours
PENCILS: Staedtler Lumograph 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, HB, F, H
***I Framed the scan and inserted my website using software

Bruce Campbell of "BURN NOTICE"

SIZE: 6.5 x 7.5 inches (UN-enlarged view is slightly larger than drawing)
TIME: 12 hours
PAPER: Bristol Smooth
PENCILS: 2h, H, HB, F, B, 2B

Also made an Animated GIF using WIP scans [link]

I'm sending Bruce the drawing, since he accepted by offer on Twitter, and re-tweeted this link


I drew Mike and Fiona 2 years ago, but need to re-do, as I have grown since then

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on AMC's Original TV series "Breaking Bad"

My contact at the AMC Breaking Bad office, who is a PA Script coordinator & writer, tells me that Jonathan both saw and wants the drawing. I sent it to them 8/1/12 and they will have it framed and give it to him. I'm hoping they can get a photo of him with the drawing as well. All I asked in return is for them to send me some of the blue rock candy (cotton candy flavored) they use on the show to resemble the "product".

Synopsis: Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), with the aim of securing his family's financial future before he dies.

SIZE: 5.75 x 6.75 inches
PAPER: Strathmore Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler Mars Lumograph H, HB, B, 2B
TOOLS: Blending stumps, Kneaded eraser, TUFF-STUFF stick eraser, Chisel edged color shaper, Magnifying glass, Makeup brush, Mechanical Pencil .05mm 2B, Staedtler "clutch pencils", Swing-Arm lamp for Direct and Indirect drawing light.
TIME: about 10 hours

SEE my Breaking Bad Drawing FOLDER [link]

Mike in 6 WIPs

PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE: [link]

Jim Caviezal plays JOHN REESE on my newest FAV show "PERSON OF INTEREST". Best known for his role as Christ in The Passion.

BOTH View are larger than the drawing, which is 7.5 x 5.7 inches

The wrinkles drove me nuts because it is only 6.5 x 6.5 inches, so this view is about 1/2 inch larger than the actual drawing

Comparison from a drawing from 4 years ago


ANIMATED GIF using WIP scans - posted on TwitPic [link]

CLICK to ENLARGE VIEW

Aaron Paul tweeted this link to his 500,000 followers on Twitter today! Result: Over 6,000 views in the first DAY, ha!

BE SURE to view ALL my BREAKING BAD DRAWINGS in this FOLDER [link]

The UN-enlarged view is ACTUAL SIZE of the drawing. I just mailed Aaron the original drawing 2/2/13

Aaron holding my first Jesse Pinkman drawing
Aaron holding this drawing
Aaron tweeting about my latest drawing
The drawing hanging in his parent's home [link]
Ran into Aaron at Hard Rock 2010 at our son "Andrew Belle's performance
Dean Norris with my drawing
I also have pics of Krazy-8 (Maximino Arciniega) [link] and Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) [link] with my drawings

His hoodie took me longer to draw than his face! I'm happy with the texture, which I did by first laying a base with B & 2B.
Then some light "spot blending", followed by using a SOFT 5B (I roughened the surface with sandpaper) & used an Overhand Grip.
I then "point shaped" a kneaded eraser and "Blue Tac" to highlight

SIZE: 7x8.25 inches
TIME: about 12 hours
MEDIUM: Bristol Smooth 300 series by Strathmore
PENCILS: HB, B, 2B, 5B, H, 2H
BLENDING: Stumps, Cotton, Q-tips, Make-up Sponge, Sponge swabs, Color Shaper

Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr.
This view is slightly larger than the actual drawing.

ALSO made an ANIMATED GIF using 12 WIP scans, posted on TWITPIC. Click here: [link]

PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE: [link]

Michael Emerson (best know for play Ben Linus in LOST) is now playing opposite Jim Caviezel as Harold Finch in my NEW FAV show "Person of Interest" ~ It's a BRILLIANT SHOW!!

The "feel" of this drawing was a little different to me. It's a tad edgy and rough, and not as "in focus" as some of my others, due in part to the reference photo, since I trained myself to "draw what I see"

Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches
Time: about 8 hours
Paper: Strathmore BRISTOL Smooth 300 series
Pencils: Staedtler Mars Lumograph 2B, B, H

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

Luis with Drawing

FIRST...Luis just joined DA so he could comment below (lmoncada77), so everyone go "watch" him [link]

SECOND...BOTH views are LARGER than actual drawing (had to draw small, see below)

This is Luis Moncada. He and his brother Daniel played The Salamanca brothers, the Cartel Killer Hit men on Breaking Bad, Season 3 - episodes 1 through 6. I will be sending the original to Luis, and plan to draw several other characters from the show.

Season 5 will start July 15th and is said to have 8 episodes this summer, with 8 more episodes in the summer of 2013, which will either be considered Season 6 or the 2nd 1/2 of season 5. Either way, it will be the final season

This may have been my most challenging drawing, BECAUSE the largest reference photo I could find was not large enough to view fine details. Neither Luis himself or the Art Dept at Breaking Bad could find a larger file! If not for Luis working with me on this, letting me know the details were correct as I went along, I could not, and would not have attempted this, no matter how much I wanted to draw the photo. You guys know EXACTLY what I mean!?! I was basically imagining the details. One of the things I had to do, was draw this as SMALL as possible, so I could draw from a smaller than typical reference photo, because I could see more details when I printed the ref pic smaller

Great Highlight clip of the Moncada brothers Breaking Bad [link]

Follow him on at www.Twitter.com/LuisMoncada77

My other BREAKING BAD pieces

SEE them all in this folder [link]

SIZE: 7.5 x 6 inches
PAPER: Strathmore Bristol Smooth 300 series
PENCILS: Staedtler Mars Lumograph H, HB, B, 2B
TOOLS: Blending stumps, Kneaded eraser, TUFF-STUFF stick eraser, Chisel edged color shaper, Magnifying glass, Makeup brush, Mechanical Pencil .05mm 2B, Staedtler "clutch pencils", Swing-Arm lamp for Direct and Indirect drawing light.
TIME: about 12 hours