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Grampy and Kieran for PPA comp

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Thankyou soooooo much for voting me first place in Portrait Pencil Arts "Young and the Old" competition
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Wow! Thank you to :iconkeijunlilja: for featuring this piece in her "Realistic People 2" article [link] What an honour!

and thank you to :iconsuzanastojanovic: for featuring it in her Black and white article! [link] :faint:

and thank you to :iconcreedysgirl: for featuring it in her journal :hug:

Click here to view the finished piece, I wanted to alter the cheek, but time ran away so I couldn't do it before the competition ended [link]

This piece was inspired by the title "The Young and the Old" for the contest for Portrait Pencil Art [link] After reading that title, what else could I draw :D

That is when I decided to do a piece for my Mum. It shows her Dad and my son, so in the picture is a Great Grandfather and Great Grandson.

This picture was drawn from an old and grainy 6" x 4" photograph taken 12 years ago, shortly before my Grandfather passed away, and is very precious. Especially since my Mum lost most of her old photos in a waterleak. So I have done this as a Christmas present for her.

In the short year that my son could spend with his Great Grandfather, their favourite game was:

"Aaaaaaaaaah.........BOO!"

(Basically, while they were cuddling like this, my gramp would look up to the sky and say a very long and quiet "Aaaaaah", my son would wait expectantly until all of a sudden, my Gramp would look straight at my son and say "BOO!" then my son would giggle hysterically)

It took approximately 22 hours, the longest by far I have ever spent on a piece, and I wish I could start again on their faces.

It is on A4 cartridge 150gsm. I used an assortment of pencils from 9B to 4H, 0.5mmm 2b mechanical pencil, a blender, tissues, a putty rubber and a cheap sharp rubber.

It was my entry for The Portrait Pencil Club : competition "The Young and the Old"

I have now mounted the drawing to put in a frame and put the piece to bed! here is a link to the slightly altered version (neatened the babies cheek) [link] Total time now taken 24 hours.

I gave it to my Mum (early Christmas present so that she could see the beautiful journal features) and she was delighted. :D
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klazien's avatar
Adorable ....