This is my sister’s 3rd child…a lovely, sweet girl. I love charcoal for capturing children’s faces. I still have so much to learn about drawing the face. I may have to do this portrait over and over again to try different papers and their effects with charcoal, try pastels, try it all! It’s all too fun when you have an adorable subject such as her!
Lovely, she has such a soft glow. You are very talented.
WOW! she looks like an angel.
you really captured that childlike innocence
I’d love to see her sweet face done in Watercolor, ala Charles Reid style. You did such a great job with the workshop, I think you should apply those techniques to this charming child. Listen to me, telling you what to do and how to do it!!
Who is the child on your blog banner? Same little girl?
Jesse
Hi Jesse…thanks for your comment. I think you might be confusing me with another artist?? Maybe Jennifer Lawson? Annelein Beauchamp? I have not attended a Charles Reid workshop, even though I would LOVE to. Perhaps I WILL try this portrait in watercolor, and in pastel as well. Thanks again for visiting!
Oh, and the subject of this portrait is not the same child as in the banner…the banner baby is the daughter of a friend of mine living in Virginia.
Really cute! You just feel she is standing close to you.
Very nice portrait full of life.
Martine
I love it when you use charcoal!
Gosh everybody…thanks so much for the encouragement!
Ah, that’s really sweet.
Wonderful sensitivity to lighting! Great job
Very pretty portrait!! Love the way you have captured the delicate expression..
Beautiful.
Sensitivity and charm – How pleased her parents must be to see how you’ve captured her in this moment for all time.
lovely!
This is truly beautiful. I haven’t worked much with charcoal. You have done a great job.
I think children are so hard to draw. You have created a beautiful portrait. The gaze is interesting and alert, the hair is perfectly tousled, and I really like the contrast between the shape in the background and the face. Magnificent!
Heartbreakingly beautiful! Soft, sweet little darling with that rough bit of bkgnd…perfection.
What a beautiful piece! (And a beautiful model, of course….)