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Pencil portrait of Rebecca, marathon runner

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Graphite pencil portrait of Rebecca on A4 Daler Rowney Airbrush Bristol board.

Pencils: Various Mars Lumograph (6H to 4B), Faber Castell 9000 (6B to 8B), mechanical pencils 0.3mm/2B, 0.5mm/4B.
Blending: Blending stump from Royal Langnickel, cotton buds and paper tissues.
Embossing: Royal Langnickel embossing tools.
Erasing: WH Smith kneadable eraser, Blu-Tack, Jakar battery eraser, Tombow Mono Zero Ultra-fine eraser. 

I have made this drawing of Rebecca, the fiancée of my nephew, Christopher, who took the photograph that I have used as my reference prior to her running a 50km ultramarathon to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s’ Charity.  This photo and a short article about her, can be seen here: Photo and article

She has to date run 17 marathons and regularly competes in other races to keep her fit.

She has enrolled to run in the Trans-Sahara Marathon des Sables 2015, a run of around 250km in the Sahara desert over 6 days, in which she has to carry all that she needs (except water) for the six days with her.  In preparation for this big race, which she describes as 'the toughest footrace on Earth', she is currently running up to 20 miles a day.  She is once again running for the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s’ Charity and her donation website is Rebecca's donation website.

I chose to make this drawing as I am in total awe of Rebecca’s running achievements and ambition. This drawing was a significant challenge not only because of the wild blonde hair, but because the subject is known to me and will see the drawing, which always increases the desire to get the drawing ‘right’!  I made some adjustments to the photo before drawing from it to increase the contrast slightly as the original looked rather flat in greyscale.

I have entered this drawing in Soulcollectors  Traditional Art Portraits Contest  (see egil21.deviantart.com/journal/… for details)

Here are some more of my pencil portraits Pencil portrait of My by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of Dru by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of Esther Ralston by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of Anastasiya by LateStarter63
Image size
2381x3416px 2.54 MB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-FS10
Shutter Speed
10/300 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Jan 28, 2015, 1:07:18 PM
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duytter's avatar
Another incredible drawing Clive, I love it. You worked the light and shades very well.. and the hair..wow!!! :)