My sincere thanks, fabdulogie.

Hey happy Joyce! With eyes like Richards looking at my direction, my knees go all jelly!

Yah! I know what you mean. I am kind of in a jelly state ever since I layed eyes on him. But, not to worry! I will recover. I always do. HH

You better recover, otherwise i will have to make a plan that the handsome dude helps you up!

That is going to be fun. Now.......if I can just get into my jelly state. YES! I have done it! I AM WAITING......

my feet are jelly too, i can't move......

Wonderful Job!! I love it!

Merci beaucoup.

excellent, congratulations my very dear friend Joyce

Thank you, Anne-Marie. I saw a photo of R.A. with a dark background, and I thought it would be right for putting my carbon pencils to use again. I am not pleased with my drawing of his face, however. But, there is always another day, and another photo. I will try again.

Thank you, Lise. I am pleased that you like it.

Thank you, Christine. Right now Richard Armitage is a man of interest to me.....for drawing purposes, that is. He is a fine actor too.

splendid!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Umberto.

Goodness! I do not think if deserves 18 clapping hands; but thanks, anyway, Stan.

Thank you, Henri.

Merci, Henri.

Magnificent !!

Thanks, Sellia.

Bravoo! Excellent portrait with dark background. Buen trabajo my dear Joyce.

Diferentes, pero no mejor mi trabajo, Marino. Gracias, de todos modos. I hope R.A. never sees it. My first drawing of him, the colored pencil one looks more like him, I think.

beautiful !

Merci beaucoup, didgiv.

Merci beaucoup, Bea.

GREAT!!!! bravo Joyce!!

Thank you, Chantal. I appreciate your compliment.

Thanks, Chantal. He is a rather "dishy" guy. At least I think so!

yes he is, I confirm

Oh wow Joyce - I'm so honoured! What a gorgeous picture

Thanks. Helen. I am pleased that you like it. Since I posted it, I have made a couple of tiny changes. Mainly to his eyebrows, and to the hair that falls down on his forehead.

Thank you!

great, I love it !! :

Thanks! I like drawing this man, as you have probably already guessed. His face has nice bone structure, like Urs Buhler's.

You are right in this note , when drawing him, I felt in this he is really like Urs Buhler's.. in Richard I have four failed attempts, I could not get likenesses in the way I would, all my attempts was in Pencil now I have a new attempt in photoshop

I do not know how you draw a portrait, but this is my way. I get a black & white copy of the face I want to draw, off the computer. Try to choose a photo with good contrast. Then with my 9"x12" light box, place the photo down on bed of light box, face up. Put a sheet of tracing paper down on top of it, and secure both with tape or paper clips. Next, I trace an outline of the face onto tracing paper. I turn the tracing paper over, re-trace the outline with graphite or colored pencil. Then turn tracing paper back so it is the same as in the photo. Paper clip the tracing paper down on top of the drawing paper, and trace outline onto it. After that, it is up to me to fill in the details. I hope this information is helpful. Do not use graphite on the back of an outline you want to draw with colored pencils or white charcoal or white pastel pencils. Good luck with photoshop. I do not have that.

this is kind of you that you tell me this great lesson, thank you from my heart.

It is not a secret. Several art books suggested this method. When I paint with oil paints, I paint what i see. No outlines, no tracing. I might make a few light pencil lines, or charcoal on the canvas, but that is all. If I am painting a scene, it isn't critical if a tree in my painting is a bit taller or shorter. But portraits are a different matter. As Shahin told me, if you are one centimeter off in a face, everyone will notice it. My traced outlines o fportraits are not perfect. I try to remember to use a clear (see through) ruler to check things in the photo and also on my drawing paper for accuracy. At first I did not do that often, but I am getting better about doing it now.