Your Portrait DrawingsYour portrait drawings now have their own space! To be successful at drawings portraits, you need to devote time and dedication to the process. I have been studying how to do portraits since I started learning to draw. It's something I really want to do. The drawing I did here is a copy of "Study For April." I'm not sure who the original artist was. This drawing isn't of high standard and I know I need to continue practicing. One of these days I'll get it right! I scanned this from my sketchbook so I apologize it's not very clear. I'm pretty sure that I would ruin it if I tried to go over it with a darker pencil.
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Fair Blows The Wind
I did this drawing as a salute to the great western writer Louis L'amour.
Woman
Hi, my name is Charlene Young. I am new to the Website.
Indian girl
This is my attempt at
Krishna
I am a Stay at Home mom of two beautiful girls and a husband who supports me in every way there is.
Chris's Grandad
This is one of my favourite portraits. I did it for my brother-in-law's family after their Grandad passed away.
Dave Grohl
This is another commission for a friend. It was the first time I had done anything so complex!
Natalia Vodianova
This is by far my favorite model so I decided to draw her and share with you guys. My Ganesha This drawing is very close to my heart... it's a drawing of my favorite God : Ganesha. It's an Indian God, so i think most of you might not have heard ...
Jimi Hendrix
Basically, I tried to make this drawing as life-like as possible and highly detailed.
Old Man
This is a portrait drawing of my grandfather, who passed away many years ago.
A Woman In Love
This is a drawing from a photo I got from the net ....
Tony Adamowicz
Tony is a friend, I see him all the time. He raced a Ferrari at The 24 Hours of LeMans, and also in the movie of the same name, with Steve McQueen.
Phil Hill
The late Phil Hill, he posed for this portrait in 2006, in 2007, he autographed it.
Dan Gurney
Dan is a friend, and a great racing driver. He has won more types of racing events than most drivers have ever entered. Bud Meyer Bud is a famous racing driver of cars, as well as boats. He is a member of the famous family that produced the Meyer Drake Offenhauser racing engine, the ...
Tim
This is a portrait that I drew of a pal. I surprised him with it by giving it to him as a birthday present.
9/11 Fireman
I have always been into drawing. I did this right after September 11th, and I guess you could call it my personal therapy.
Love
This is a picture of my grandson "Walker" and I absolutely love it.
Portrait of Girl
Here is a freehand drawing of mine.
The Mona Lisa
This is my version of the Mona Lisa.
Clint " The Good " Eastwood
I was told by the Doctor to find a Hobby as my blood pressure was high, ahhhhhh,
Dancer
I was wondering what I could do when I thought I should draw something.
Walter Payton
Hi ADD family,
Magazine Portrait
I was feeling restless, so i found a magazine and drew this picture down.
Water Drop
I like this picture, so I caught it down in my drawing.
Friends
These are my friends, minoli and minali. This drawing was done in ms paint.
Dawn
My friend means a lot to me. I think drawing people i care about shows in my drawing. I put more time in to it.
Twiggy
I have been drawing for a few years, and have recently taken an interest in portraits. No Fear I found this portrait on album art searching the internet. I think the expression of her face - 'nothing scares me' - inspired me to have a go at drawing ...
Portrait Drawing
I've only just started doing portrait drawings in the last two months and this is probably one of my first successful ones. Finally I Did It I have a deep love for art. It is with me from the days of my childhood. My deepest memory of my childhood is connected with me drawing a picture of a ...
Jack Sparrow
I took this drawing from the internet and copied it. I'm really pleased with it.
My Son
Here is portrait number 3. This is my son. I struggled with this one but really enjoyed doing it.
Beauty
Good looks catch the eyes but, Daughter Number Two This is the second portrait I have done, in fact this is the second drawing I have done since starting drawing after a long time. I'm really enjoying it....
My Daughter
Hi all Angelina Jolie I drew this drawing a long time ago, but a friend of mine encouraged me to upload this anyway. This is a 100% pencil drawing which i drew from a photo ...
Ballet Night
I did this drawing from a how-to book and I used colored pencil. I did my best to make her look natural and the hair look real.
Surprised
This is the final drawing in my series of 4.
The Duke
In grammar school I loved to draw but once in high school the desire disappeared.
Pensive
This is the 3rd one in a set of 4 that I am working on at the moment.
Facial Expression
This is the 2nd picture of a set of 4 that I am currently doing. I just enjoyed drawing. Getting Started I am just beginning to draw and would like to be able to draw realistic portraits. I a trying to "self teach" through books, and a course I bought on ...
Sassy
The granddaughter of my long distant relative passed at the age of 51/2 years of age. Amber I have a friend who was getting married, well with the economy the way it is, living on a one paycheck income and raising 2 kids, I was not able to purchase ... Deep Thought As I was browsing the internet looking at other artist work, with my daughter by my side, I ran across a website that had some colored portraits. A few ... My Daughter As requested, I am submitting more of my drawings. This is the 4th portrait drawing I have done. It is one of the series I did for my husband's birthday.... All About Art hi, i'm thirteen years old. one day i had nothing to do so i decided to try drawing portraits . i actually did and i became very talented in art and i'...
My husband
I am a self taught artist. Only recently have I really became serious with my drawings and aimed to produce more life-like drawings.
My First Successful Portrait
I took up drawing as a way to lose stress about two years ago and really enjoy it. I don't do it everyday but definitely on a weekly basis.
I Drew Half
This one is supposed to be the girl from the show called sex in the city...I can't think of her name...but it was my first one I ever did like this.
Portrait of an Indian Dancer
Hi,
Magazine Girl
I thought i would give it a go.
Skull
Here is a skull that I drew with graphite.
Beautiful Girl Sketch
Hello again...
Happy girl
I felt in this drawing that i need to draw a girl that is happy in her life. Kathryn Heigl I noticed at a school open house, the students had taken a black and white photo of a persons face from a magazine and cut it right down the middle. They ...
Sheba Lady
My name is Elaine and I am a self taught artist.
Angelina
Hi,
Oprah
This was a little more difficult than I thought it would be, but here she is!
Brandon
A friend of mine wanted me to sketch her son. She sent me a digital picture that I used as a reference for this drawing.
Adam Lambert
I began drawing a little more during American Idol season 8.
Portrait
My hobby is drawing and I hope to learn more about portrait and Caricatures; My Friend From School 2 This is another friend from my classes. This is the first time I've drawn more than 1 pic of the same person on the same page. It's very hard to make them ...
Whitney
This is a british lady who was in a magazine.
Sandra
This young girl is an an actress and i sketched her portrait which was in the GO magazine...this is my 2nd sketch.
Mira
This is my 4th sketch. i saw this girl in a Magazine and i wanted to sketch her..so i gave an image to my thought..
Amanda
I'm on vacation these days, so i wanted to spend it in a meaningful way.
TSR
Usually i do paintings..but i wanted to shift in to Sketches. This is my 1st sketch.
His Baby
This is my friend's latest motorbike, he's very proud of it. Oh What A Look This is one out of a set of 4 pictures. All with different expressions and that is why I wanted to draw them. Something different and new as I have never ...
Padre Peo In Prayer
I drew this a while ago but it wasn't as good as this until I saw lee hammond teach proper shading on youtube. Now I think I have made him look real.
Hope Seems Far Away
The inspiration for this picture came from a National Geographic, probably my favorite source for pictures to draw. Auntie Tracy and Puppy Yay first upload ever! ok story behind the picture.. well i was in the mood to draw and i decided to look through a very old photo album and hey hey i ...
A Girl Evolved
Well I was dreaming with her.. Young Child I have been drawing for several years now but have only recently started to draw portraits. This is the first portrait that I have ever completed and ... In Memory When I went back to see which site I had found this picture on. I realized, after I finished, that I had drawn a picture of a Michael Jackson look-a-like....
Portrait of a Star
I absolutely love Lucille Ball. She was one of the greatest of her time. She brought laughter and happiness into the homes of millions of people.
My Friend From School
I'm in school for massage therapy and this is my good friend. She begged me for a pic and so i was able to do this of her. First try This is my first try in drawing/sketching a human face. There are many mistakes, proportion is one of them, and I find it really difficult to do areas ... Sus And Millie This is the first time I used water colour pencils (without water)! I was quite pleased with the outcome, and would love to do more, when I get the time....
The Cowboy
A guy I had met had a newspaper clipping of his son and I thought it would be great piece to draw.
Full Of Life
This is my friend Michelle.. She is handicap but that doesn't stop her from having a great life, full of laughter and jokes.
My Nephew
This is my nephew. I drew this a couple of years ago. At the time, I thought this was one of the best ones that I was able to do.
Portrait of Kindness and Wisdom
This is a drawing of my Mother. She is one of the kindest people one would ever hope to know. And after raising 7 of us kids she definitely is wise.
Portrait of a Niece
I finally got around to reading some of the advise you give on this site. What a difference it made for me!!
Thinking
My Dad and I work on one picture and copy as close as we can. Once we are both done, he gives me a lesson on what I should do next time.
Portrait of Jack Sparrow
I like the movie "Pirates Of The Caribbean" very much. And one of my classmates likes Captain Jack even more than the movie itself.
Head of a Woman
This picture is a copy of a drawing of Vincent van Gogh. I like his drawings very much.
Antique Doll
This drawing was done some 6 to 7 yrs before.. Pretty Lady This is my boyfriend's sister and we have gotten close over the years. I just love how she looks. She didn't know I drew this intil I posted it on my site....
All Eyes
This is my dad's artwork. I think he does a great job. Somethings he is better at and there are things I'm good at with our art.
God Bless
It's me again! This is my great uncle Danny. He was in the Air Force for 20 years.
Portrait Of The Skull
This portrait was drawn with point-ball pen. The skull is made of plastic and was lent to me by my art teacher.
Indian drawings
I enjoy drawing on weekends. I've sent in a couple of drawings here and I am happy to see your comments & suggestions for improvement.
Hanuman
Drawing is my full time hobby on weekends. Little Sis This is my little sister. I really like taking photos and this came out great when i wasn't really trying to take a pic, I just love to draw people who ...
The Love Of My Life
This is my boyfriend Brandyn. I just really like this picture so I drew it.
Sweethearts
This is my grandma and grandpa... how art moves thru a family.
My Cute Goof
This is my cousin's baby. If you make all kinds of goofy faces, he tries to copy you.
Rajesthani....
When i was going through my old drawing books, i saw a picture of this beautiful lady...
Claudette
This portrait was made after one of the drawing lessons of Brenda Hoddinott.
Portrait of Dada Radha Raman Ji
I am a Art teacher in India and I want to make the portrait of the founder of our school, Dada Radha Raman Ji.
Mr Biggie Smalls
I saw this somewhere and I really liked it so I had a go at it. Lady When i finished my drawing of the queen, I had an idea of drawing a common lady.....this drawing is the result of it....how do u think this drawing is?...
Queen
hi mam..... I tried a portrait of an empress.....how is it?
My Mate Mick
I copied this from a photo, sorry about the mouth Mick, you are far better looking than my sketch depicts! Must work on that aspect.
1920s Art Deco Style Lady
This was my first attempt at using watercolour pencils on a portrait style piece of work.
Mother Teresa Drawing
Hi..Kerry.
Life Is A Book
This was just out of imagination...picturised in mind....no age barrier for reading and learning...life is indeed a book..to be read cover to cover...cheers Burden Of Sorrow Here I used an HB and an H pencil and for shading. I also used lead powder.. I mean I just scraped the pencil point on to an emery paper and used the powder....
Rodea
This is the very first drawing I have ever completed. I have a long way to go, but I was proud I could draw something besides a stick figure.
Sleeping Beauty
I saw my little grandaughter sleeping, and then I found this in one of my Christmas books, thought I would try it!!
Up And Down
I was given two new books for Christmas, and I came across these two together, so I had a go at drawing them in my own way.
My First Live Portrait
This is a friend who asked me to sketch a portrait of her. So, this was my first attempt at a live portrait.
Suna Just A Portrait..
This is just a portrait of a woman, created with minor reference.
My friend Nia
I sketched a picture off of a photo of a friend of mine modeling. It was a gift to her.
My Nephew Danny
I've been away from drawing for at least 10 years and I've just got that "artists itch" to put pencil to paper. Johnny Depp My Step Daughter is 17 today. I made this portrait of Johnny Depp for her birthday. It can be found easily on the Internet. However I changed the background ... James Dean The next drawing I did when I was only 12 years old was that of James Dean. I found a black & white picture of The Rebel Without A Cause, inside a magazine ...
Portrait Of My Friends
I always liked drawing, but only in the beginning of this year (2008) I started taking it more seriously. Portrait of Kate Beckinsale I was just checking some portrait drawings on the internet and I saw a site where a person drew this drawing of Kate, and I thought it was awesome to be ...
Man
Hi AAD friends,
Girl
Hi AAD friends,
Mind Power
I drew this portrait of Alicia Keys a couple years ago. I was trying to capture her eyes and the detail of her hair.
Dad
My dad. I love my dad. He is my friend, philosopher and guide in my life. My inspiration. Portrait Of A Girl This is a weird story. I found a picture on the internet and decided to draw it. I was sitting on the floor and the light was bad, but I was too lazy ...
Wedding Picture
Hi AAD Friends,
Michael Jordan
I found this picture of Michael Jordan, in Sport Illustrated magazine. I thought it would be cool to draw a picture of the King of basketball.
Attitude
This woman has such attitude and I just love it. As someone said, she has the look of "Me? Wash dishes? No ways!!!"
Portrait Of A Woman
I fell in love with this picture the minute that I saw it and I just had to draw it.
Portrait Of Gina
I used to draw, draw, draw when I was a teenager. (I am now 52) Edward Edward Scissorhands is my cousin's favorite movie, and she is madly in love with Johnny Depp; so I decided to surprise her with this Christmas present ...
Roman Woman
I found this picture online, and thought it would be fun to draw! It is one of my favorites! First Portrait About a year ago one of my Brothers talked me into trying my hand at watercolour painting, now that I've retired and have loads of time on my hands. He ...
Picture of Rabindranath Tagore
He is called the greatest poet in the Indian subcontinent.
Portrait of David Beckham
This is the first portrait I have drawn after I learned about human face and the ratios.
A Bangladeshi Girl
Here is a pencil sketch I've made recently (5 Nov) which I would like to share with all of my friends in allaboutdrawings.
Portrait of an actress
Hi, Portrait Of A Friend I miss our college days and my friends. I still remember the first day in the college. We were so afraid to face the so called Ragging. Slowly we were ... Portrait of Aaliyah This is a nice pencil drawing I did of Aaliyah recently. I think I did a great job with this drawing, I love the way I did the hair mostly. I really ...
A Vanishing Breed
He hit the beach at Iwo Jima under heavy enemy fire in a real war for our freedom. Now nobody cares. He was my uncle.
Matt Damon Drawing
I draw this on a photocopy paper A4 , I use H, 2B, 4B 7B pencils.
I Wonder
This is my first portrait attempt. The shading is not too good, but I am happy with it. What do you think?
Woman In Graphite and Turps
I did this picture in graphite and turpentine. It's a nice medium to experiment with.
Girl Friend
This is the first time that I have drawn a sketch from a picture. I have started drawing again, after 3 years layoff.
Blackbeard The Pirate
Blackbeard the pirate (real name "Edward Teach") was a pirate who raided off the coast of Colonial America in the early 1700's.
Emperor
I'm a 68-year-old disabled veteran - I've been drawing all my life.
Jesus Christ
I saw this portrait in a mini bible and i love this. That's why i have draw this portrait of Jesus.
Kev and Lis
This is a Christmas present I drew for my Wife's mother and step father.
Zakary James Worthington
I completed this picture of my new son soon after he was born, I couldn't resist.
Marilyn Monroe II
Well here is yet another attempt at doing a portrait.
Marilyn Monroe
As we all know, she is a classic and considered by many to be the perfect image of a woman.
Joe Calzaghe
A friend of mine wanted me to do this drawing for him!
The Queen Mother
I saw this photo in a book and because it was black & white, I thought it would be a good picture to draw.
Ms.Elina
This is a friend of mine, a very beautiful girl, her name is Elina.
Fearful
It's a army man from some place in Africa. I draw this from the photo, you can see the fear in his eyes when he saw the photographer.
Mona Lisa
I tried this one just for the challenge. It took 3 days to complete.
Kyle and Liam
I'm a self taught artist although I enjoyed sketching at school and despite being a messy painter managed to get'O' level GCE in Art at 85%. Daniel Wilde RIP This is a portrait of one of my wife's friends who died in a car accident. I only met him a couple of times but the love he shared with his friends was ...
Timothy
I drew this portrait from a black and white photo of my fiancee. We think he was about 4 years old in this photo. Al Unser Sr. I saw "Big Al" at California Speedway, and asked him to pose for a photo. He very kindly said yes, and we talked for a minute. I drew this portrait from ...
Sir Stirling Moss
This is from a photo taken of Stirling Moss after winning the 1955 Mille Miglia (1,000 miles) of Italy race. Patrick Dempsey Patrick was going to be at a charity event for a man that has Parkinson's disease. His shooting of an episode ran over, he called and had to cancel. No ... Parnelli Jones Parnelli and I were at an automotive banquet, and he posed for a photo. Later, he autographed it. He told me that it is the only portrait of himself that ...
Eyes
Hi, I am Sweety. I love people who knows art and i love myself too.
More Diamonds
Another pencil sketch... my Dad... I love this medium the best. Never knew that u can actually sketch with your eraser?!
My Precious Diamonds
These are my first, second third etc in my life that I've tried.
Ganapathi Bappa !!!
Ganapathi / Ganesh - is the famous God in INDIA. My first portrait I decided to draw a person for once, because i am terrible at it and want to get better. It actually turned out pretty good! And now that i think about ...
My Friend From School 3
This is my friend's daughter. I said i was going to draw it and i gave it to her for her 6th birthday.
Female
I did this drawing of a female. I copied it from a how to draw book.
Hood
I saw a gangster & I thought he looked cool.
Personal Reminder
This drawing reminds me of ..a girl..
First try at faces
Faces are very hard for me to capture. This should be my daughter, but don't tell her. Kristin Stewart This is another black and white picture from a magazine. I cut it down the middle and then taped half of it on my drawing paper, so I could try drawing ...
Female Portrait
I drew this last night so I can start practicing again. I found it to hard to draw at this angle so I gridded the whole thing.
My family Portrait
It was my sweet brother's Birthday for which I wanted to gift him something special. This is what I gave him!
Portrait of The Duke
John Wayne was one of my dad's favorite actors. Having grown up with this legend, I myself love all his movies.
Portrait Of Another Friend
This is the second drawing I did for a friend of mine that has gone out of town for a couple of days. Portrait Of A Friend I've been going through some pictures with a friend of mine. I found one of each that I thought were the most adorable photos of them. In this drawing ...
My Friend And His Daughter
Now my friend for years, I saw this photo of him and his daughter together. I thought it was lovely, very tender - a father's love. My First Portrait I saw some portraits and i taught myself to draw my own pictures. It is not so beautiful but i love this one because this is the first portrait that i ... Portrait of a KING I have a friend that absolutely loves Elvis. I've drawn several for her. But, I feel this is the best one yet. All the other ones have been caricature ...
Joe Lawrence
There isn't much to say about this picture. He is Joe Lawrence - a famous Indian actor.
Sweety
When I saw this potrait, I just forgot myself and I was tempted draw it.
An unknown Girl
Ok this is a girl.. well, a lot of girls combined into one.
Barney and Daughter
This is a drawing of my daughter and her favourite teddy,
LLoyd
This is a sketch of my Friend who lives in Australia. I've never met him but chatted to him for years.
Portrait of a Star
I found this picture of Jack Nicholson in a magazine, I was so excited when I was finished with this one!
The Scared Heart
My name is Omaima, I am 18 years old and I like drawing. Portrait of Man and Wife This is a pencil drawing of me and my husband. This year we will be married for 30 years! On our 25th anniversary I wrote him a poem called Together Forever....
Practicing Grid Art
My name is Ronald and I have been practicing grid art from this site.
Music Major
This is a drawing of my son sitting at a grand piano. This picture fascinated me because of the reflection on the piano.
A Friend
I tried an r and d on this pic..and glad was i..that it looked like her.....
Fear
I wanted to get some fear in the picture and i guess i got it... :D My Family For Christmas of 2007 I took the graduation pictures of all my brothers & sisters, plus my Mom and Dad's wedding picture and drew this for my Mom as a ...
Pencil Drawing
This is a copy of a drawing that a friend found on the internet.
Portrait of Dr. Radha Krishnan
I have a photograph of Dr. Radhakrishnan. I made a portrait of him with the help of that photograph and by using colored pencils and dry pastels.
Classical Dance
hi....mam....
Innocence Of A Child
This drawing comes to mind when you see a child's expression.They have so many different features which allows them to show their many personalities.
Portrait Of A Child
I found a book on how to draw and I liked this picture, so I drew it. It was quite difficult to draw. I used a 4B pencil. To stay up to date with the latest portraits, you can subscribe to my newsletter.
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