Awake My Soul - Jared Leto by arthawk87

_{Do not use in any way without my written permission!}Just a very quick watercolour painting of awesome Jared Leto, actor and singer of my favourite band 30 Seconds to Mars.

Yesterday I nearly exploded because I had all this artistic energy in me but I couldn't find a suitable picture to draw of Lee Pace, who I really really REALLY (!!!) wanted to draw. So, instead, I chose a picture I had saved on my computer from Jared Leto. I just ... HAD TO DRAW SOMETHING! Somewhere I read that the definition of an addiction is the craving of the substance and the withdrawal symptoms if you don't get it. So, I guess, I'm addicted to making art. ... I think this is my 15th drawing of him ...

Anyway. I think it turned out OK. Could have turned out worse, but I think I'm making (slow) progress with watercolours. I also used some white charcoal here, which I'm glad I did because I like it better now. Also, it's not in my usual style but I thought ~~HELPIDON'TKNOWWHATTODOIHAVETODRAAAAAAW!!!!~~ what the heck, lets try something different.

But, as always, it looks better in real life.

Size: slightly smaller than DIN A4
Materials:

Paper

Watercolours (blues and grey)

White charcoal

F pencil and kneadable eraser
The reference picture is from Kurt Iswarienko, I think.
The titel is from a song by Mumford and Sons.

Comments and critiques are very much appreciated

More Jared Leto / 30STM drawings here

Ilojleen Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2014 Traditional Artist

I really like the subtle, transparent look of it! This transparency works well with Jared's pensive look

You managed to capture his resemblance very well, especially the eyes. They turned out great

HarleyQuinn56537 Featured By Owner Mar 10, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Awesome work!

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Mar 11, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thank you!

sketchengineer Featured By Owner Jan 30, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

amazing

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Feb 1, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thank you.

MissTfied Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Good job! Send it to Sir Crazy Pants, I bet ya he'd like it!

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Feb 1, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thank you

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I'll think about it, maybe I'll send him another drawing which I like better.

tinastern Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014

it's so beautiful La la la la

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thank you

Maayan112 Featured By Owner Jan 25, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wow! good job!

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thanks

LykosAnubis Featured By Owner Jan 25, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh my gods, I think I'm in love with a picture. XD

No but really, you did an excellent job. It looks just like him.

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Traditional Artist

It is a great picture! The second I saw it I knew that I will have to make something with it at some point. And thank you, happy that you like it.

LykosAnubis Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

You're most definitely welcome. It would look epic on t-shirts or printed onto a throw-blanket!!1

ihni Featured By Owner Jan 25, 2014

Are you kidding me? Watercolours? REALLY? Damn but this is great. I love that it's only blue tones. How long did this take you to make? And the hair and eyes are awesome, but for some reason I like the hands best. It's the lack of details, I think. I don't know how else to describe it. It looks great though. (And have you found a good image of Lee Pace yet??)

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014 Traditional Artist

Thank you! Yeah, I thought I'd need to practice a bit more with watercolours or I'll never improve. At first I just wanted to make the base of the painting in blue and grey tones and then add some other colours to it (I even got your watercolour pencils out for that), but then I was unsure as to which colours I should use and just kept on going with blue. I'm not sure how long it took me because I started the sketch a couple of weeks ago, but I'd say about eight hours or something like that? So yeah, another one of my "quick" paintings

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No, I'm still searching for a drawable Lee Pace picture. The problem is that he looks kinda ... awkward on most of them, almost like a shy boy. I have to keep on looking, but I think I'll go on that high quality screencap site you mentioned in your Kili drawing comment, maybe I'll find a good pic of him as Thranduil there.

ihni Featured By Owner Jan 26, 2014

I can't wait until they release the second movie so we'll have those awesome screenshot to use! I kinda want it NOW, but maybe I'll have to wait until they actually release it. I hate waiting ...

arthawk87 Featured By Owner Feb 2, 2014 Traditional Artist

Me too! I bet we have to wait until after the Academy Awards, since movies that are nominated tend to hold back with releases until that's over. But WE WANTS IT! WE NEEEEEEDS IT! *cough*
Do you know when Thor 2 will be released? I sense that it's soon (if it hasn't happened already), since tumblr is going crazy over gag reels and stuff at the moment.