Always Smiling... - Pen Portrait Drawing of an Old Woman Smiling Outdoors

Hi all, today I would like to share a pen drawing I did fairly recently which was inspired from a photo of an old woman outdoors enjoying herself. There is a lot of personality and happiness in her face that I wanted to capture in my drawing.

I started of with a very rough sketch placing down the darker tones in the piece. They are usually around the eyes, under the nose & chin as a sun above someone's head would cast shadows in those areas.

I then used a darker pen to further define the darkest tones.

I start to use pencil to create the lighter tones in this piece. I wanted the drawing to have a lot of energy and be very expressive so I drew the pencil and pen marks fast while also maintaining relative accuracy.

Finished Result!

Source - by Jacob Lund Photography
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Thanks for checking out my post and all your support! :)

Ian,