Reference Article and Photo
Reference Photo by Chris Hondros, American Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist.

This is a drawing / painting of a little girl from Iraq who’s parents were killed during a war. The reference photo of her, by Chris Hondros, amplifies the inherent fear and loneliness of the situation. And her expression, mixed with the tears and blood on her face, epitomizes the loss of love and life.

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These are a series of Drawings and Paintings of Characters, Faces, and Abstract Portraits with the color Blue. The artworks vary in size and mediums, but include pens, markers, watercolor, acrylic, enamel, colored pencil, paint pens, and crayon.

Epilogue | Drawings and Paintings with Red – Characters, Faces, Abstract Portrait Art

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This is a series of abstract impressionistic art faces that were drawn and painted with a variety of mediums in 2008. The shapes of the faces were built up with layers of paint pens, watercolor, ink pens, acrylic paint, crayons, markers, and colored pencils. Each abstract head painting has an unusual expression, and struggles to find a clear identity amidst the chaotic and energetic lines and colors. The art usually starts with a simple pen drawing of a face, and layers of medium are applied to distort, contort, and emote from the initial framework. The eyes in particular help to ground the abstract artwork with a familiar image that most peoples brains are able to identify for survival… faces.

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