The Old Sheriff (The Long Arm of the Law)

Artist: Lauren Laumbach
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The Old Sheriff (The Long Arm of the Law)

Prismacolor pencil on paper.

Featured:
Texas – 8/20/09
60’s Glory – 9/6/09
‘Real’ Life Artwork – 9/18/09

This was my ‘Rodeo Art’ my senior year in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It was Best of Show in district and got me a scholarship to the Western Art Academy (The Museum of Western Art at Kerrville, TX), a three-week long workshop for 24 students from the greater Houston area chosen for their Rodeo Art and portfolios.

I met this guy at the Rockin’ R steakhouse in Blanco, Texas, while I was eating dinner with my family. By the way, if you ever go through there, you have to eat there. The fillet will be the best thing you’ve ever eaten, guaranteed (especially if you get it black n’ blue)... and that’s really saying something because I don’t even really like meat. YUM. Anyways, I had told my family I was concerned because I didn’t know what to draw for Rodeo Art… and then we saw this guy walk in along with another sheriff. My grandma suggested I go meet him and ask to take his picture… and I did. We had a print made for him and my grandparents met him and his wife for dinner (at the Rockin’ R, of course), so they’ve kept in touch a little bit. Sadly, I can’t remember his name… I’ll have to ask next time I see them.

The Old Sheriff (The Long Arm of the Law) belongs to the following groups:

1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), 60's GLORY, All About Your Best Work, American Southwest , Coloured Pencil Art, Fine Arts, Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), Realist Traditional Art and Shameless Self-Promotion Available for sale as

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The Old Sheriff (The Long Arm of the Law) by Lauren Laumbach

Dan Rychlec

You gotta be f@*&% kiddin’ me!
Lauren Laumbach replied

ahaha. nope… not a joke. a very long.. and tedious drawing. promise. :)
Mick Kupresanin

Can’t believe what i am seeing. You don’t need a camera…..you are a camera
Lauren Laumbach replied

that might be the most awesome compliment i’ve ever received. thank you!
Conrad Stryker

Yeah, I thought this was a photograph before I clicked on it. Pretty unbelievable.
Charles Dobbs ...

Great work Lauren!
gabbielizzie

great capture,congradulations on your feature
Laura Barber-R...

Absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe you did this with prismacolours!!!!!!
smitty01

I’ve favorited this. You have an eye for detail like mine. I work in prismacolor and pen. If you check my profile, you’ll see the similarity in our work. I much admire yours.
adgray

You have inspired my son Rangafox to try to take his art seriously!
He could not believe it was a drawing & not a photo! So I had to blow it up on the screen zooming in really tight until he was convinced you had drawn it.
We love the comment “You are a camera” and we highly agree!
Bravo! =0þ
Lauren Laumbach replied

thanks! i love to hear how my work affects people :)
roseart

Your work is totally unbelievable! I am in awe!
mando13

please add to 60’sGLORY group
MalcolmHewitt

AMAZING
ELISE WATERHOUSE

!
Lynda Robinson

What totally amazing realism! Well done Lauren!!!!
A. F. Branco

This and amazing painting! You certainly deserve a scholarship.
julious nieles

WOW!!!! superbly amazing!!! you’re not human!!
Lauren Laumbach replied

haha i’ll take that as a compliment :) yay!
gra123

Ho w long does it take to draw something like this Lauren ? Graham.
Lauren Laumbach replied

Oh gosh. I couldn’t tell you… I think my closest estimate would be 50 hours, but that’s a very loose number. I worked on it periodically for about two weeks I think.
mando13

still reckon this wud make a great 60’s shot to add
Lauren Laumbach replied

oh, i actually forgot. i just added it!
LINDA JONES

wow…so unreal. to think its not a photo..just fantastic!!!
gra123

Thanks Lauren, have you done anymore like this ?
Lauren Laumbach replied

Yep, but none has required this much detail. I have more of my art up here on rb if you’re interested… you can just go check out my profile to see more :)
Colin Cartwright

Stunning realism, Lauren. What a portrait skill and talent!
Jim Phillips

It was an instant favorite Lauen. You have skills way beyond your years.
Lauren Laumbach replied

thank you :) so awesome to hear.
Ahren Clasohm

I aspire, great work..
gra123

Thanks Lauren, Yeah Iv’e had a look at your RB but I’m struggling to find anything as detailed as this ! CONGRATULATIONS ! Graham.
Lauren Laumbach replied

Yeah, I really pushed for complete 100% photo-realism in this drawing because it was for contest my senior year of high school. I haven’t dawn anyone that required so much detail since then… I’m not sure if I could do it again!
Paul Starkey

um, ahh… I dont know what to say… MIND BLOWING!! 11 out of 10!!
Jo Holden

Unbelievably good. So photographic! Wow :)
Hidemi Tada

who can believe this is a painting by hand? great work and congrats for top ten winner.
William Vande...

This is amazingly photo realistic. Congratulations for the top ten win
Rahul Kapoor
gra123

I reckon you could Lauren. Graham.
gra123

I reckon you could Lauren. Graham.
Cathy Amendola

OMG..Lauren, this is SCARY GOOD!!!!!
Cathy
Vatsal Chaoji

whoa..i thought they took it wrong …it was mentioned no photographs allowed….extraordinarily impressive…wound be an understatement
Lauren Laumbach replied

ha, nope, it’s a drawing :) thank you so much!
Sebastiaan Koenen

Impressive realism Lauren!