Hey Sera! Thanks very much. So glad you like it!!

forgot the smileys

Hey Great Portrait JR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thx Diwas! I was drawn to the photo for it's tonal values> Appreciate it!!

Magnifique

Thanks very much!!!

Très beau portrait !

Hi Baudet...thanks so much!!!

TY so much Lise!!

you succeeded rendering "black"...it's what I'm looking for ...it's a GREAT GREAT WORK !...stunning ...likeness...shading...and impressive eyes...just one other masterpiece !!!!! Yeah, man, you're "TOP" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Chantal!! There isn't that much black is there? I've got some REAL black drawings lined up. Gonna have to go charcoal. The tuff ones to me are where parts of the face is in a black shadow. It's hard to render those!?!? Thanks again - too kind!!

hey thanks a LOT Lampert!!!

Magnificent! Excellent!!!!

hehe...thanks a bunch Bashya!! So glad u likey!!

Oh yes! I like it very much!

oh this old thing? It's SO yesterday LOL...thanks again. Almost done with John Cleese. Sneak a peak here? ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html

Thanks, I'll try

amazingly detailed !! very nice !!

thank you so much!!!

REMARQUABLE!!!!!!!!

hey Jean Pierre...so glad you like it!!! Thanks for stopping by...

awesome!!!!!!

Thanks a million!!!

REMARKABLE ... EXTRAORDINARY SPOTLIGHT Mr Major Tom Selleck RICK, a pure beauty your portrait, I love your drawing as all of your beautiful gallery, beautiful contrast, a sublime expression of the face, normally it is very handsome man of great art, superbly well designed, very good work, congratulations .. I'm sending you kisses miles tender my friend Rick

hehehe...thanks a bunch Anne-Marie!!! You have the best comments!! I was drawn to the photo of this for it's high contrast. Already on to the next one here LOL ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html Happy mothers day!!!

it's very nice to you Rick, I got your next design-mail a sumptuous portrait, Mother's Day in France this June 7, .. Congratulations for your beautiful picture to me as charmed, you deserve so much honor, I am sending you kisses miles tender my great friend Rick

Whoa! Nice new avatar you are sporting there!! Posting John Cleese now. I sent it out via email as 5 steps to finish. Something different? Talk soon?

I changed my avatar, you like it ... I look forward to seeing John Cleese

Is that YOU? So different!!! Ya, I love it!!!

ha, Rick, surprisingly, I love when you love

People are gonna tell us to get a virtual room soon! Like I said, diggin the new hair style! Think I will change mine now too. Don't want people to think I'm stuck on myself or something??!?

you are very cute in this picture

beau portrait

TYVM Roger!!! Appreciate it much!!

wooow! perfect

hey thanks Sartana!!! Glad u like it!!

Formidable portrait!

Thank you very much Marino!!!

Awesome

Hey Kad...thanks a zillion!! On to the next one lol

Amazing work Rick like always !!!!

You are very kind!! Thanks a TON!!!

Great job JR!! Bravo!!

Hi Jeanette!!! Thanks and happy mothers day IF you are a mom??

Thanks JR!! Yes I am the mom of 2 daughters!

I got you beat!!! We have 3 daughters...twins 20 and another 22, so I live with 4 grown women who are watching my every move!! I don't get away with #$@! I'm up estrogen creek without a paddle!!!

JR, you are too funny! 3 daughters and a wife! You are surrounded by women! LOL!! Thanks for your friendship! Regards from Miami!!

Ya, I got a whole stand up routine I can do about that. Here is prob not a good place, and you are a woman, hehe!!

Magnifique travail, bravo !!!!

Thank you so much Mijos!!!

Splendide!!! good Djob!!

thank you very much Carl!!!

yes my freins really it's very good ..you drew this man in one portrait with colors?

hey and thanks!! colors? just ONE or did you mean WILL I draw with colored pencils?

yes my dear friend you draw with colors pencils....

see...there ya go again They way that reads is like a question? If it is...yes, I do plan to try colors soon, ha! I already own them. Gonna try charcoal too soon! Happy mom's day!

Hi Claudine! Thanks a million!!!

Magnum good Rick!

That's 3 for you today John, lol. Thanks man!!!

SUPERDUM FREAKINGIMUS BRILLIANTIUS!!!!! you changed your "artist pix" i like!

ha! There's the BIGGzy!!! Thanks a whole bunch!!! Almost done with another lol. This one is SO yesterday!!!

You are like a tonic pill!!!!!

I'll have to guess what a tonic pill is???

go to a mirror, preferably a LARGE one!!! and just grin... you'll see the tonic pill staring straight back at you!!!!

oh...I know what a "jagged pill" is of course! Same thing? Yeah...just finished John Cleese, but not gonna post until tomorrow. I think the site stops posting after a certain time? Talk to ya soon ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html

my spies already had a pre-screen of your BRILLIANT John Cleese!!!! Always good to have a chat with you!

hehe...gonna post it here soon. TODAY is a work day, not much time to chat and answer these. I will get to answering your email sometime later today

hope you sell some nice houses!

wahou amazing! the eyes are beautifull !

hey thanks a LOT!!!

wow, amazing, so realistic

hi and thanks so much!!! glad u like it!!

wow he looks very serious

Thanks bunches!!!

very nice!

Thx Bea!!! I appreciate it!!!

splendid!!! i love him bravo Rick!!!

Thanks a million Chantal!!!

Awesome job Rick, looks bloody awesome! I definitely think it's your best!

Hey Sal...thanks a LOT!!! As we say, "WHO'S NEXT?!?!?" ha! Just finished John Cleese here: ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html and now I'm doing Matt Damon with a rifle scope

John cleese is awesome! WOW! Can't wait to get this major work finished so I can get back into it and draw Robert Duvall, Sean Connery, James Caan, Lance Henricksen, Gene Hackman...the list is endless!

Yeah hurry up and finish! I had 2 commission drawings this week, or I'd have posted a few more? Posting Cleese tomorrow and maybe my Jim Carrey I "fixed" ha! Happy mom's day Sal!!!

I am hurrying, but great things take time! That's what I tell the hubby anyway! He wants me to hurry up and stop getting distracted with drawing other stuff. I'll finish soon! Hopefully! Look for Cleese tomorrow here and Carey hopefully too! Thanks for the Mums' day cheer, send it to your wife too for me!

yes, that, and time takes great things?!?! Wait a minute...Whoa...I just had the weirdest case of De Javoo! Wait...didn't I JUST say that?!?!? Have a gr8 day Sal!!! soon...

Your a nut!..Just like me! Going to look fo Cleese now, Have good one to Rick TTYL

Fantastic!

hey thanks Emano!!!

Yeah, there it is... Bravo, Rick!

Hey Pal...what up? I'm already done with John Cleese and just started another. Lots of draw time this weekend...yay!!! ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html

Your on the run, I see... I was undecided btwn the drummers & actresses, lookin' for the best photos... Now I wrote a list of the next ones I wnt to draw, I hope will accelerate it!...

lol...see if you can find something to draw here? Right up your alley bro!!! www.bandswallpapers.com/

Thanks for the tip on the bands, pal, but at moment, my printer's not ok... and I have many downloaded amazing photos of actresses, models & singers, just waiting to print. But my heaps of magazines are helping me, it's ok...

I've said it before but amazing work again!

Hey thanks a lot!!! You are right about Drew. His music is perfect of OC, Grays Anatomy, etc. He may have one on Keeping up with Kardashians soon?

Ahh great,I'm afraid I've never heard of that one, but it's really great for him! I bet you're really proud!

holy shit pal thats awsum in detail and likeness am very impressed awsum work!

I think that's what I said about your Christian Bale. Insanely good!!! Thanks a lot!!!

When I look at you work there is no need to put my glasses!!(though I don’t use glasses at all) Sharpest pencil work I saw in my whole life! A M A Z I N G!

Well...I wouldn't go THAT far, especially coming from you!!! You know what's crazy? I came into my den...threw my pencils up in the air, and this just came out?!?!? Thanks my friend!!! I shall look for your next post of Samual Jackson. Here is what I did today, before I start Matt Damon that is!? ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-cleese.html Time for bed, night!!

nice again! Funny, when you go to bed I begin my work! (around 12 time lines difference I guess)

omg Rick!!! I have no words!!! EXCELLENT!!!!!!

Hi Anna! Thank you VERY much!!!

Excellent work! Love it!

Hi Suanin! Thank you SO much!!!

Thanks Sofya!! I'm glad you like it!!!

Rick my friend it is another portrait makes with a lot of the talente bravo master respect!!!!!

What's up JUD? Run out of black in yet? I used to draw landscapes with a black gel tip pen, then use a small wet paint brush to make it bleed for shading. I enjoyed it, and I love black blacks! They are hard to get with pencils. Thanks lot man. Hey, have a peek at my John Cleese? Should be up in about an hour?

meant black INK!! But I think you figured it out?

Yes has the Indian ink tres beautiful good night rick

Hope it's not like printer ink!! $$$ - night. Oh...started a Matt Damon with gun scope. HARDER than I thought!!! LOL ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/matt-damon.html

I like very much the portraits of bebe and that of chritina and his child good luck for matt damon's portrait my friend

Thanks again! I started off drawing Matt Damon, and ended up drawing a gun scope!

its brilliant, Rick

Hi Kati, and thanks a million! Glad you like it!!

ho man so cool magnum !!!!! really incrédible drawing super!!!!!!

"Rikou and the Man!" I appreciate it brotha!! PS, that's a reference to a 70's tv show "Chico and the Man"

yes brotha !!!! but in france the name of the serie was "magnum"

I made the mistake of thinking it would be easy to draw a gun scope in my next one of Matt Damon. 4 hours later, have yet to start face!! ricksdrawings.blogspot.com/2009/05/matt-damon.html

Hey THANKS!!!

Thanks SO much!!!

WOW!!!!

what uppy "D"?!? Thanks a LOT!!! What u been up to?

Not enough drawing for sure!!! I was help my Aunt with some graphic stuff for a program that she had to do, and got side tracked, with that and now just can't seem to get my groove back....HELP...LOL, I drew Tom Selleck in art school in 83' it was really good, man I wish that I still had it...yours is wonderful,,,,

Yeah I haven't seen you post in a while? I get a lot of inspiration from this site, but I'm constantly thinking of who to draw next, and have folders in my computer of about 50 people to do, most with the pics already found, cropped and ready to go. I also like trying to think of really GOOD ones that no one here thought of yet, ha! If you just need some people ideas, let me know?

Thanks I will,

come on Dawg...don't get down ON yourself!?!? Get down WITH your bad self!!! and DRAW!?!? I will send you a list of gr8 celebs for ideas, if you want? Lemme know? Take care in the mean time!!

That you be great, please to send them, I have some really good ones on my hard drive as well, but would love to see what you have too.... and thanks, you're really cool

Oh...I was thinking the list of names. Dude I have 50+ folders with photos! I'd take me a day to send em all to you. I thought you just ran out of ideas. I am good at finding good photos on the web? Got someone in mind? I can find, crop and send you a good one?

No, that's cool, I thought that your were gonna send a website or two for me to take a look at , I know several with some really good head shots of everyone, and I also have some good ones in several, folders all alphabetized and everything that I just got from google. I can send you some too, if you like. I have some of everybody that you could imagine...let me know.

Well, maybe when I run out of saved stuff to draw? haha. I will take those website URLs if u gotem? Thanks man!!!

cool

OOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOO So beautiful !!

hey there and thanks a LOT!!!

It's very beautiful , thank you for your comment!!

hey Marinee, thanks SO much!!!

thank you VERY much master!!!

I love it ! great job my dear Rick

hey there she is!!! Glad you like it Audrey!! I did this, John Cleese and Chevy Chase on Strathmore Bristol board. I LOVE it!!! Not gonna use anything else now, ha!!

WOW!!!!!!!

Thank you VERY much!!!

your welcome!!!

lol

Oh !!! really wonderful this Tom Selleck ... what a realism ! and those eyes ...! All my congratulations !!!

Hi Cindy...thanks SO much for your nice words!!! I too was pleased with this result

fantastique

hey thanks for the comment!!! Glad you like it

good one!

Thanks James!!!

You're welcome

Heya Rick Superstar! I missed this one didn't I!!! Amazing eyes the moustache the hair...the shading...EVERYTHING! Do you realize that you're the BIG STAR here???

THERE she is!!! Thanks hun! That means you also missed my John Cleese and Gordon Ramsey lol! What? are u kidding? Not by a loooong shot!!! Gotta run out a bit. Drawing another commish job I don't EVEN want to do! But for my folks to give to their friends. It's 3 children, 1 of them died of drug OD. Last pic they have of them together. Small and low quality, plus never met them. Fun drawing ahead for me today! LOL. Gonna post a tutorial of Ramsay here soon. Cya sis

Do your BEST with that pic of the 3 Rick! I often have to draw kids or moms who died...kinda sad...but seeing the drawing is like seeing a new pic of their loved one I guess tutorial? GOOD IDEA!! Ciao Riccardo buona notte!

Oh I will...actually Christine suggest I send the tutorial I made to this site to post. Gonna ask Shahin how to do that. I emailed it out? Are you NOT on my new drawing mailer?

What???UHm???drawing mailer?

oh...after each new drawing, I post it here, then on my blog, then on facebook, and then I email it to about 110 friends. So if you wanna be on that, send me an email to JRF777@gmail.com and I will add you. I send non-star stuff out there too...

WOUAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE IT, IT'S BEAUTIFUL

Hey Mag! Thanks VERY much!!!

EXELENT DRAWING JR I just saw your toturial and your gallery and WAOH!!!!! IT'S TOTALLY AWESOME - WHAT A TALENT!!!!! Tom's just perfect - the eybrows and moustache are so detailed it must've taken 'forever' to do and the hair and shading - yes everything's just formidabel. Love those burning eyes as well. GREAT GREAT JOB. I haven't been around for a while and's got a lot of catching up to do in various galleries. Glad I discovered yours. Margrethe

Can I hire you to be my marketing rep? Thanks very much!!! Actually, the eyebrows only take about 10 minutes, mustache maybe 15 mins?? I do them in layers. First, when I draw the eyes, and then I just come back to them a couple more times in the drawing and darken certain areas. If they have complicated eyebrows, with white random hairs, I FIRST scratch some hairs in the paper with a nail, then when you pencil over the lines, they appear? I read how online. Eyes on the other hand can take 1-2 hours, depending on how detailed they are? Glad you likey!

You're wellcome. WOW!!! that was quick and THANKS A LOT for your 'minitutorial'

Just posted Leslie Nielsen. Had a poor photo to work with. and here I swore I'd never use a grainy photo again! Grrr I start drawing things that aren't there?

HI JR Just commented on Hr. Nielsen Yeah - grainy pics aren't the best, but sometimes you see a pic you just HAVE to do and the 'adding of stuff that aren't there - well - artistic license.

EXACTLY!!! I have a few of those hehe!!!

This portrait is my favorite!!! He look so real!!!

Hi and thanks! You know, I think it's the out of focus background that adds to the realism? That's my theory anyway, ha! TYVM!!!

WOW !!! WOW !!!it was like if that one was about to jump from your galery and come to live !!!! excellent work !!!!!!!!!!!!fantastic realism !!!

Thanks again!! Glad you like them! My personal fav is Robert DeNiro? Maybe because I just finished him, but Selleck was my fav when I finished him too, ha!

he looks like a real pic vary vary vary good pic of tom selleck keep up the good work

TYVM!!!

you welcome tyvm means thank you vary much right is that what it means i thank so

Great galery. I especially love this one.

thank you Rochelle! I'm happy you like them

Great job! A pencil and fingers are the best way to achieve a good drawing... No need to correct it with corel paint or other digital programs

Thanks! I agree! But I put a tissue around my finger, so as not to get oil on the paper from my skin. I never use anything to alter the photo I take. I guess some do, not that you say it?

awesome !! nice work splendide

Thanks VERY much!!

your TOM is truly amazing !!!!! on your portrait we see as a background on my GERARD !!!!!!! Not easy to do, but the record is very interesting!!

thanks a lot Peggy! You are right. Your Gerard is incredible and the added touch is the blurry background. I believe it "fools the brain" into thinking it is more real for some reason. Doing something like that today with background for Sean Connery...post tomorrow

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh my god its amazing

Thanks SO much!! Glad you like it!!

Nice!!!!

Thank you!!!

Hey this is the man of "Magnum", isn't he ? Well, his look is very expressive You're very talented Rick , do I need to say it

Thank you!! I see you commented on many?

You're welcome Your gallery is full of great portraits, very lifelike

SPLENDID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boy you really are in my old gallery now lol. Thanks though! Did you see my drawing of Christ I just posted today? It's a bit shocking. From the Passion. I think it freaked some people out here. Hardly any comments, ha! Must be the spiritual warfare?

Thanks MUCH!!

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Hey thanks!

Amazing!!!!!