In my AP Drawing class (the best in Texas, actually), I have been working on an art project designed by the famous Chuck Close where you draw realistic portraits using only red, blue, and yellow Prismacolor pencils! I thought it sounded incredibly difficult, but it's actually quite fun, and I love the effect it has.


After maybe 3 days of work?
Yay, you can see my colored pencils that are about 2/3 the length that appears in the picture.


What I have finished by today.

The shots are very grainy D: (they look much more smooth in real life, I promise. :P)

They are due next Thursday, but I'm a fast worker. :]

Oh, and here's the original image, if you wanted to see it

WOW Michelle, AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. the nose looks incredible actually, and I always find noses super hard to draw. I can't wait to see the finished product, great job!

you used the colors fantastically; it's crazy what three colors can achieve

That's really good...



The eye is really well done, I say. (And we all know how important eyes are, right? =P)

It looks amazing.

Wow. That's simply amazing! So beautiful. You're an extremely talented artist. Only red, blue and yellow? That must be difficult...

looks really good

WOW.

That's awesome.
You're really talented

AHHHH, do I have to do that for AP art too

I saw the before picture earlier...
Oh my like before i only wish i could still draw..
But gorgeous!!!!

No way? Good luck! haha

Advice: black can be done by using red/blue over and over again and finalizing with a layer of yellow. You don't need to keep doing R-B-Y-R-B-Y for black. ^_^"

Btw, I'm finished with the project... working on a made-up background now. I'll post it when I'm completely done.

Oops, LOL that was meant to be in the form of a question. Hey, we should make an AP art thread. Wh0000

ohh. Well, I have no idea, honestly ^_^" I think for breadth pieces, different schools have different projects(?)

Holy cow, your amazing Michelle. I wish I had your skills.

MICHELLE OMG THIS IS AMAZING, ITS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL-STARES-

Michelleeeee....your work is beautiful. Seriously. Its stunning.

dude, this is awesome,

i'm going to have to try that technique next.

WOW
The shading is absolutely beautiful

Wow, that looks amazing! Can you take a bigger picture when you're all done?

Yeah.. it's been finished for a week now I just haven't had time to take a picture yet.

Dang, that's really good.
Where is this amazing class you speak of?

That is gorgeous! I can't see the second one though :(

the eyes are my favorite thing about this!
nice work!

Wow, this is incredible! I really want to try it now, but I'm afraid mine would be abysmal. xD

Ugh, I finished this months ago. I really should show the finished product sometime, haha. It's being displayed in some conference in Galveston right now. T_T

Yusss, I'm quite eager to see the finished piece! I'm sure it's stunning

I've seen a video about Chuck Close in my art appreciation class. His paintings are stunningly realistic looking when looked afar but once you get close you see circles of different colors and patterns. It's shocking how different it looks up close. His technique for painting portraits must be hard to master and for that I applaud you for your efforts. Your picture looks gorgeously realistic. I'd like to see a finished product if ever you get around to posting it.

woooowww. thats freaking crazy (amazing) jese. i wouldnt be able to do that.

FINALLY