Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Illustration Friday - Blur



As Albert aged, he found the years passed by in a blur.

I drew this from life using pencil, scanned it in, cropped it, and added color in Photoshop Elements.

10 comments:

gatheringwonder said...

I love the style - well done

Dear Fireflies said...

Lovely colours! I love how you've drawn the old man against a strong coloured background :)

Coreopsis said...

Very nice portrait. He looks so solid (and quiet)!

michele said...

Nice! Wonderful contrast between the subject and background, a suggestion of both subtlety and strength.

Roberta said...

Great style.... powerful image!

Shirley said...

Absolutely wonderful illustration!!

INDIGENE said...

Beautifully done!

Laurel Neustadter said...

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your comments!

ArtQwerks said...

Awww....I love this....beautifully done!

Andrew Finnie said...

The thing that strikes me is that the idea and image are so poignant - (and true)