After the time consuming Elvis in Charcoal #182, I’m going to try something easy 🙂 A collage of three Elvis photo’s from 1969/70. First I’m going to work on the faces, they need to be right before I can continue with the rest. These are the three photo’s I’m going to use The size is
Today I took another try on Elvis in Charcoal #182 after trashing the previous one. The reference photo is small so it is hard to see all details. On the drawing table It is fun to draw the Gold, it’s like making a abstract painting. His face is much better than on the previous try.
While I was working on this drawing I saw that Elvis his face didn’t go well. And because I use ink for the darkest parts there was no way to correct it. I did a little bit of Gold to see how that worked out. And then I trashed it! Tomorrow I will start over
I wanted to draw Elvis in his Gold Lame suit for a while now. I was thinking about doing the suit in colored pencil but I decided to do it completely with colored pencils and, of course, charcoal, white chalk and ink. The size will be ca. 50 x 20 cm. This is not the
Another assignment from the USA. This is a photo from the movie “Charro”. This one is more difficult for me because I didn’t draw many horses. And the horse is a major part of the drawing. Work in progress, very early stages Work in progress, halfway Elvis in Charcoal #181, 60’s No title Charcoal, ink
Another assignment from one of my collectors from the USA. The reference image is not very sharp but because I’ve drawn so many Elvis images it will be no problem. Work in progress, without the color… … and with color Elvis in Charcoal #180, 50’s No title Charcoal, colored pencil, ink and White chalk on
Work in progress, early stages Work in progress, almost halfway This is the last “68 Comeback” drawing for a while. It was an assignment from a Dutch Elvis fan. The last five drawings I made are all from this Special. They are popular, four of them sold within an hour after placing them on Social
Another ’68 Comeback special, this time the “White If I can dream” suit. To make it a bit more interesting I added the red Elvis lights in the background. This drawing was already sold before it was finished to an Elvis fan in the USA. Work in progress, the red lights Work in progress, halfway
Another Elvis in Black leather drawing. This one was sold before it was finished. The ’68 Comeback drawings are popular. Drawing the leather took forever but it is fun and rewarding to do. Some work in progress pictures Elvis in Charcoal #177, 60’s No title Charcoal, ink and White chalk on colored paper, 40 x
