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“Lincoln”, Complete

July 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

And here is Mr. Lincoln, now finished:

Carbon pencil portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 8 x 10″

I’m pretty happy with the way this one turned out, and feel like I’m getting a much better feel for carbon pencils, as well as nailing down some techniques for working with them. I’m going to take a short break from them to do a color piece, and then come back to them next week for a drawing of my son that will be a companion piece for Clara, Profile.

Tags: Adult Portraits · Carbon Pencils · Completed Work

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Melissa // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:13 am

    Wow! I’m loving the black and whites!

  • 2 paulette // Jul 17, 2008 at 11:33 am

    This is excellent work, as is your Clara Portrait!

  • 3 S.G. Chipman // Jul 17, 2008 at 11:47 am

    thanks guys!

  • 4 somedirection » The Perfect Gift // Sep 14, 2008 at 9:13 am

    [...] show off his excellent work and accepts commissioned portraits. I knew after seeing his portrait of Abe Lincoln that he would do an excellent [...]

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