A Boring Portrait
This is my first 2021 portrait–executed on 4 January 2021. This is the 25th of my #100humanchallenge I started at the end of 2020.
I began to draw this painting after spending an hour or so reading and listening to news. I wasn’t entirely sure how far I wanted to go with this drawing. After all, these portraits has been a side project, allowing myself to tune the way I see the world.
Meanwhile, according to news, the world is having a real tough time dealing with Covid-19:
- In the States, there has been 352K of deaths from 20.8M cases.
- More people are traveling, despite all the cautionary recommendation. I suppose that’s how us Americans have believed from the very beginning: give me freedom or give me death.
Of course, I am not here to judge what’s right or wrong, but merely recording what I am listening to.
Let me finish my thought on this pencil portrait…
So I have enjoyed using pencil to record what I see. My method of recording mostly has been quick, expressing what I see with line drawings without much shading. I was never a fan of sitting around and drawing for hours with pencils, but I have been pushing myself in the recent months–when I sit down to do these portraits for an hour or two, that’s definitely way beyond how much I am willing to invest on pencil works.
The portrait felt pretty boring to me, but every drawing or failed work could be a stepping stone to a masterpiece!
Materials used for this pencil portrait
Tombow Mono Professional Drawing Pencils – These are the ones that stay in my bag at almost all times. These are very reliable pencils for every day use.