After all the “Elvis in Charcoal” drawings I made I really enjoyed working on “Elvis in Pencil no. 10. So I decided to make another one in pencil. I always liked this image from the ’68 Comeback special with the little smile on his lips. The first step was to make a very light drawing,
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: 144081 Follow
February 19 until 25, 2020 Last week I made two Elvis in Charcoal drawings, the first one n0. 232 is from an image from “Change of habit” and the second one is from the fifties with Elvis wearing his cool red jacket. Elvis in Charcoal #232, No title Charcoal, ink, and White chalk on colored
Elvis in charcoal #227 is an image from the movie “Change of habit”. This movie was released in 1969. Elvis plays Dr. John Carpenter. More about this movie you can read here. Some work in progress images Elvis in Charcoal #227, No title Charcoal, ink, and White chalk on colored paper, 21 x 15 cm,
The reference photo was a image from the early 60’s. Right after Elvis came home from the army. I like to use images which are not so very well known and are a little bit different. Below are some “work in progress” photos. Elvis in Charcoal #223, No title Charcoal, ink, and White chalk
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
I love to draw all kind of different textures, in this ’68 publicity shot you can clearly see the difference between fabric and leather. First stages More of his face is done Finally some leather… Elvis in Charcoal #203, No title Charcoal, ink, and White chalk on colored paper, 40 x 30 cm, 2019. Available
Work in progress This image was brought to my attention by a Facebook friend, it is a cropped image of Elvis and Tom Jones. Elvis looking at his best! And I’m not the only one who likes this image, it was already sold after posting the “work in progress” image on social media. It’s now
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
