KG & NG Engagement Portrait 11x13

The proportion of the photo isn't perfect because of the camera, but that's the gist of it.

AH 4/12

I didn't change the lighting on this photo, and it's not quite finished, but I thought I'd share my latest drawing with you.

She is the most beautiful person I know:)

Closed For Designing

Blog is closed for the day so I can redesign it. Come back soon!

AH 9x12 1/2/12

Hey! I would've posted sooner, but I totally forgot! I really enjoyed dropping by to my friend, A's house to give her a portrait of herself:

Emily 9x12 12/29/11

Well, it's been a little while, but I'm back with another drawings to show you! Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the third drawing before I gave it to the girl I made it for, so I won't be able to show you this one: 
=(

The second drawing, I will show you in a few days ;)

Anyway, here are some pictures of my drawing from different angles:


The full drawing:

                               Close up of the right side:

Finished Apple and Original Photo's I've Finished

I'm sorry for the bad photo quality, but I took this in bad lighting, so it'll have to do. I've been drawing a lot lately, and I need to scan all of them...
First I'll show you an apple* that I drew just for practice, and then I'll just show you the ones that I've finished.

*This is the apple that I drew, and the photo credit goes to Elyssa at Elyssa Photography

The Harris's

Hello, everyone! I apologize for not posting in so long. I finished a photo recently of some friends. It had 5 people in it, so it was a little bit difficult to draw all of them. Here is the background. The lady in the middle is got married yesterday. Since she had a destination wedding and not all of her husband's family could be there, she wanted to have a photo shoot while every one was together. Her husband's family knew me, so I (my sister came too) had a photo session with them. I'll quit rambling. Here are the photos.

This is the original

                                       J.

                                      A. (She's getting married)

                                            L.

                                          Their mom.

                                            N.

                                               Everyone!

                                          Sorry for the awkwardness of this photo:)

                                              Sneak Peek!

                                                A asked me to draw her. Isn't she gorgeous?

9x11 Millie H.

It had been suggested to me by a friend to draw this photo. Excitedly, I started working on it right away for my friend. I was so happy with the end result. Below is Millie's right eye (our left).

Sorry it's a little blurry.

Talent Tuesday:)

Latest Drawings

This is just going to be a quick post, because I have a lot going on tonight, so I will post three photos of something I've been drawing. I've actually just about finished six drawings, but one of them I cannot post because I told the person I made it for that they could see it first:) Anyway. I hope you enjoy these three!

Addy! I actually added on the position. I didn't get that from the picture.

Guess Who! No, really. Comment and tell me who this is.

I'm not so good at painting:( Everyone else loves it though. My friend asked me to paint her childhood house for her...

Hope you enjoy! I'll post some more soon.

Hello Friends! Just letting you know, I will have some drawings being posted soon:) I just finished

THREE drawings! No wonder I haven't posted in so long...

Shoes (Soon-to-be-charcoal)

I was bored. That's all it is. I went up stairs and asked my sister if I could draw her shoes. I plopped them down in the sun and copied what I saw. All with a 3B pencil. I planned to go over it with charcoal, but I never got to it. I still want to, but here's how it came out before I do that:

L.P. May 2011

I am so sorry I haven't been posting! Well, there's a lot to catch up on. I haven't quite finished the portrait of my young friend from Texas. I've had to improvise a lot on her, because the picture is hard to draw from. I have also been asked recently to paint a picture of someone's old house. I don't do a lot of painting, but I'm doing it for her. I'll try and scan it when it's coming out. The picture I'm going to post right now is one that I did about a month ago that I forgot about! Try and guess who it is. Hint: You'll know you're right or wrong with the initials in the title of this post.

Waiting on the Photo

Well, I have been very busy this week going places, and doing different things, so I probably haven't even drawn a whole hour this week! I plan to start a new photo today, though I'm not sure who I should do, or what. Please email me if you are interested in having me draw you, your child, your parents or whoever. My email is in the {contact me} section. Hope to post soon!

9x12 or 8x10 I Love Eyes

Well, I finally got my wrap up from scanning taken care of, so here is how I am doing on the "I Love Eyes" photo. Please comment on what you think of the background. I am thinking about spreading out the darkness behind the face. For some reason, when I scan drawings, it comes out lighter than it really is. In the original, you can see the shading in the face, neck and shirt.

I was really glad of how the ear and hair curls came out. Tip: Sometimes I have go rest my hand on a part of the picture that I've already drawn, so I put a piece of paper over it, so my hand doesn't smudge the drawing.

And, the original so you can compare:

Waiting on Scanning

I am so sorry I haven't been able to post the scanning of the "I Love Eyes" photo. For some reason the "scan" button moved, so I have to get some help. Sorry to keep you waiting, but I hope it will be up by Sunday!

I Love Eyes (by Emily)

I've paused working on the color photo of Anna Popplewell (Susan Pevensie) from Narnia, so that I could work on a photo that I had my eye on from the first time I saw it. I've been working on it in basically all my free time, so it is almost finished. I will scan it when I'm finished all the way (which may be tomorrow), but for now, I'll just post the picture. This is a picture I got permission to draw from Picture 'Em Photography. Click on the link to see Emily's blog. I haven't figured out what background I should do for this picture, because if I do black, it could bring out the white and not the shading, and if I shade with a very light H, it could make the whole photo look too light. Anyway, I'll decide once I'm finished the shirt. Keep checking my blog over the next few days for the drawing.

Here is the post I got it from: http://photos-by-em.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-love-eyes.html

Notes to You:

1. I changed the photo for the front of my blog, but I can't figure out why it's going off the edge on the left side. Tell me how you like the new front. 2. I am devoting this Summer to doing a lot of drawing projects. Please email me if you would like me to draw your child or yourself! We can talk about the logistics such as the photo, price, frames etc. 3. For an update of what I am drawing! Here is the photo I am doing now: It is in color and is coming out REALLY well! It will be either 8x10in., or 9x12in.

9x12 LB

This photo is of a little boy next door to us. I especially like these pictures because I totally "own" them. Since I am into photography, (follow my photography blog: reflectionsofpassionphotography.blogspot.com) I take my own pictures and then draw them. I especially liked this half of the face.

9 x 12 C.L.B.

I choose to post this drawing, not because I just finished it, (though I did finish it about 2 mo. ago) but because I just gave it away 2 days ago! I gave it to the parents of this little girl, who are also friends of mine. Hope you enjoy it!