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June 15, 2010
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Gene Tierney is one of the first actresses I knew I wanted to draw when I thought of doing a bunch of classic Hollywood portraits. The reference I used for this is far from being my favorite picture of her, but I knew it would translate nicely into a drawing. I had a lot of fun with this (although, like always, I underestimated the difficulty of the ref) and she is now officially on my growing list of people I will have to draw again. I got a little reading lamp for now that substitutes quite well as a drafting lamp. I felt like I was making good progress on this and I’m pretty sure it came down to having sufficient lighting – I’m not sure why it never occurred to me before. I thought my biggest challenge with this would be trying to make her skin texture look subtle, even, and soft, as my last few portraits seemed to have me in the habit of sort of doing the opposite. Instead it was the hair that gave me the most headache and slowed me down. And I had a little trouble in the end getting my signature to show up (you can see it, right?). Worth the frustration, though. (:


Mechanical #2 pencil, 6B pencil, q-tips, Kleenex, and white vinyl eraser on 19” X 24” bristol paper.

Time: Woah, probably around the 40 hour mark, most likely higher. I spent a lot of time messing up on things and having to rework them. =P
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~okijp Apr 25, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is too amazing for words.... the hair is AWESOME!!!
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Mood: Love ~sonia-p Mar 18, 2013
Great!
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~myartforyou Mar 14, 2013  Student
WOW! you are insanely talented ^^
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~Richpartist Mar 13, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
outstanding,makes me want to do a better job
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~CircusLaugh Feb 5, 2013  Student General Artist
OMG! love this! ur are awesome!
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Mood: Love ~Danymckoy84 Aug 23, 2012  Student General Artist
Perfect ... so incredible .....
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*LenzKist74 Aug 2, 2012
You've captured her incomparable beauty so perfectly. You've done her justice - which, given Gene Tierney's mesmerisingly stunning looks, is an extremely difficult thing to have got right. I'm impressed. :thumbsup:
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~EdilsonR74 Jul 24, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Your work is FANTASTIC!!!
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~fayefujiko Jul 23, 2012   General Artist
This is simply beautiful. You have amazing skills. :aww:
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~LonLarsen May 20, 2012
So much fun to see portraits of some of the the actors and actresses from prior generations. Your drawing are fantastic. Love the detail and fantastic shading!
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