Classical Beauty

Classical Beauty by ~ellekazan on deviantART

This is a classical style portrait of my favorite singer Alsou. Always wanted to do this one... well, and many others, but this one this time. Using graphite pencils and sticks and mechanical pencils from 5H to 9B, kneaded eraser and normal eraser on plain paper size A4.

Can’t really say how many hours I've spent on this one so far and how mane more it will take, but I certainly hope it will be less next time.

Lady in a hat

"Lady in a hat"

This is a portrait of my mother when she was younger. Picture that was used for the reference was always my favourite.
Canvas size A3 and done with coal sticks. Took me about a day. Just needs to be preserved and framed. It was really supposed to be for march 8th but I was so busy and didn't make it. But its all done now and the idea was spinning for a long long time.
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