Yesterday I started on “Elvis in Charcoal” no.327. The reference photo is a bit unsharp. I searched for a better quality phot but couldn’t find it. I guess it’s a still image from a a frame from the movie “Elvis on Tour”. I always like the challenge of making unsharp reference photos into sharp drawings.
I finished all three Elvis drawings I had planned for January. One from the fifties, one from the sixties and one from the seventies. I will spend the remaining days of January experimenting with some new (for me) materials. Elvis in Charcoal #290, No title Charcoal, ink and White chalk on colored paper, 40 x
Picked up my Elvis postcards from the printer! Set of 6 different ones for €8.50 (including shipping within the Netherlands). All other countries, €10 / £8.50 / $11.50 (including shipping). Click here for more info and other printed stuff. Visits:1226 Total: 144083 Follow
February 5 until 11, 2020 Oil painting The assignment I was working on for a while now has arrives on it’s destination. It went to Ireland. The reference image was very bad, unsharp and small. I looked everywhere for a better quality image but couldn’t find it anywhere. But on the day that I decided
After the succes of my last Elvis Birthday calendar, from a few years ago, I decided to make a new, updated version with recent drawings. I also made a 2020 calendar, in there you’ll find all the “Elvis in charcoal” drawings with multiple images of Elvis in one drawing. The 2020 calender is in Dutch
The 200th Elvis in Charcoal drawing! I always loved the movie “That’s the way it is” and there are more people because this drawing was sold too long before it was finished. This one is going to the United Kingdom. Image made darker to show the drawing Detail in progress Almost halfway The shirts were
A drawing of Elvis in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s this time. I did this before but not three “face only” portraits in one work. The 50’s image is from King Creole, the 60’s image from a ’69 photoshoot and the 70’s image from somewhere in 1971. First steps, the outlines on paper Black ink
This was an assignment from an Elvis fan from the Netherlands. The first designs had three images of Elvis but the client choose to have only two. He also wanted to add a bit of color. The ink is done Almost there Elvis in Charcoal #188, No title Charcoal, ink , colored pencil and White
I got an assignment fom an Elvis fan from the USA. She wanted to have a drawing with four images of Elvis with highlights from his career. One from the fifties, one from the ’68 Comeback Special, one from Aloha from Hawaii and one from 1977. It’s a bit bigger than the other collages. Some
This drawing is finished and on his way to the buyer. This new type of drawings seems populair, many people were interested in buying it. I had to dissapoint some people. More info and pictures of this work in progress you’ll find here and here. Elvis in Charcoal #183, No title Charcoal, ink and White
