Little Ruby (Pencil) by Jo Holden

Jo Holden

Little Ruby (Pencil) by

Graphite (2b Mechanical, 3b and 7b Faber-Castell) on 200gsm A4 UPM Digi Bright White Paper.

Drawn as a gift for this little ones birthday from a reference photo which I took. Babies are amongst my favourite portraits to draw. I love their smooth skin, sparkling eyes, few (if any) teeth, and best of all, little or no hair! I spent more time adding detail to her jumper than I normally would, and I’m really pleased with the result.

I took scans at each stage of this portrait and am creating a work in progress/tutorial which I will post here on RB soon.

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Tags

baby, portrait, pencil, graphite

Comments

  • April Jarocka
    April Jarocka12 months ago

    Very beautiful. I love that white background Jo. Lovely work…such smooth attention to detail and lovely eyes! Look forward to that WIP journal :-)

  • Thanks so much April. She’s such a cutie isn’t she? Hope to get my WIP/tutorial up in a day or two (trying not to make it too long winded is quite a challenge though!).

    – Jo Holden

  • April Jarocka
    April Jarocka12 months ago

    Yes….I know it will be very interesting though so all the best with it.

  • Ronny Hart
    Ronny Hart12 months ago

    Wow! This is great. I love those eyes. I can’t wait for the WIP.

  • Thanks so much Ronny :)

    – Jo Holden

  • Simon Aberle
    Simon Aberle12 months ago

    Outstanding Work!!

  • Thanks so much Simon! :)

    – Jo Holden

  • rahulsutar
    rahulsutar12 months ago

    beautiful!

  • Thanks so much! :)

    – Jo Holden

  • Kevin Krueger
    Kevin Krueger12 months ago

    Looks like she just found the BIG box of pencils! Fine job Jo

  • Thanks so much Kevin :)

    – Jo Holden

  • Michele Filoscia
    Michele Filoscia12 months ago

    Absolutely realistic. Great work.

  • Thanks so much Mike :)

    – Jo Holden

  • Peter Lawton
    Peter Lawton12 months ago

    Beautiful Jo. Just like a photo. Perfect.

  • Thank you so much Peter :)

    – Jo Holden

  • John Reardon
    John Reardon12 months ago

    Jo, this is wonderful. Splendid work!

  • Thank you so much John :)

    – Jo Holden

  • Karin  Taylor
    Karin Taylor11 months ago

    Whatnot incredible drawing Jo, you are amazing :)

  • Thank you so much Karin! :)

    – Jo Holden