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Entries Tagged as 'Character Art'

Abstract Portrait of a Blue Bearded Man

December 25th, 2011 · No Comments

This is an abstract portrait of a man with a blue beard. The 9″x12″ drawing was created with pens, markers, watercolors, oil pastels, and acrylic paint.

Abstract Portrait of a Man with a Blue Beard

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Tags: Abstract Impressionism Art · Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Abstract Portraits of Women and Girls

December 21st, 2011 · No Comments

The following drawings of faces are a series of abstract portraits of women and girls. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with a variety of mediums, including watercolors, colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, markers, acrylics, and paint pens.

Blue Woman | Abstract Portrait
Blue Woman
9″x12″

Lips | Abstract Portrait of a Woman
Lips
9″x12″

Hair | Abstract Drawing and Painting of a Woman
Hair
9″x12″

Lightning | Abstract Portrait Painting of a Girl
Lightning
9″x12″

Toof | Abstract Portrait Drawing of a Little Girl
Toof
9″x12″

Red Woman Glare | Abstract Portrait Drawing
Red Woman Glare
9″x12″

Yellow Eyes | Abstract Portrait Painting and Drawing of a Girl
Yellow Eyes
9″x12″

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Tags: Abstract Art · Abstract Impressionism Art · Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Sad Faces | Abstract Portraits of Girls with Grief

November 27th, 2011 · No Comments

The following drawings of sad faces are abstract portraits of girls with different types of grief. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with colored pencils, pens, markers, oil pastels, watercolors, and acrylics.

Drawing of a Grieving Girl
Drawing of a Grieving Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Depressed Girl
Drawing of a Depressed Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Sad Girl
Drawing of a Sad Girl
9″x12″

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Tags: Abstract Art · Abstract Impressionism Art · Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Screaming Baby Portrait Painting | Lemon Drop

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments

This is a portrait painting of a screaming baby entitled “Lemon Drop”. The 9″x12″ artwork was drawn and painted with colored pencils, watercolors, pens, markers, and acrylics. I think the baby feels a headache.

Screaming Baby Portrait Painting

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Tags: Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Drawing of a Burro with Children

August 26th, 2011 · No Comments

This is a drawing of a burro with children. The 9″x12″ artwork was drawn and painted in 2011 with a variety of mediums, including colored pencils, watercolors, gouache, oil pastels, and acrylic. The children and burro were initially sketched with colored pencils, followed by meandering wisps of white oil pastel and acrylics in the background. As layers of watercolors and gouache were applied, the oil and water repelled each other to reveal an energetic flow of light throughout the painting.

Drawing of a Burro with Children

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Tags: Animal Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Self-Portraits, Spring 2011 | Michael D. Edens

August 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

These are two self-portraits of/by artist Michael D. Edens. The 9″x12″ artworks were drawn and painted in 2011 with a variety of mediums. The first self-portrait, entitled “Self-Portrait”, was drawn with pens, oil pastels, paint pens, watercolors, and gouache. The second self-portrait, entitled “Uneasy Self-Portrait”, was drawn with colored pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors.

Unique layering and coloring techniques were used in each self-portrait in order to create interesting visual styles. For example, watercolors are painted over naturally repelling oil pastels to create an uneasy imbalance of organically flowing swirls and pooling colors amidst irrepressible lines.

Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

Uneasy Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

Related Artwork
This is a previous 9″x12″ self-portrait created as part of the Rainbow Color Portraits – Series 1.

Michael D. Edens Self-Portrait - Rainbow Color Portraits - Series 1

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Tags: Abstract Art · Abstract Expressionism Art · Abstract Impressionism Art · Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Expressionism Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Portrait of a Man with Glasses

August 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

This is a portrait of a man with glasses. The 9″x12″ portrait artwork was drawn in 2011 with a variety of mediums, including colored pencils, pens, oil pastels, paint pens, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics. The man was sketched with colored pencils, and layers of other dry and wet mediums were applied in layers. The intense and expressive lines meander throughout the artwork, creating a wholly connected portrait from foreground to background, top to bottom, and side to side. The use of unique shapes, gradients, and vivid and muted color combinations help to convey a sense of whimsical creativity and imagination surrounding and emanating from the man.

Portrait of a Man with Glasses

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Tags: Abstract Art · Abstract Impressionism Art · Abstract Surrealism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Portrait Drawing of a Young Man with a Hat

August 20th, 2011 · No Comments

This is a portrait drawing of a young man with a hat. The 9″x12″ portrait artwork was drawn in 2011 with colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, and acrylics. The young man was sketched with colored pencils and smudged with oil pastels in order to convey a youthful healthy glow. Additional mediums were used to create subtle surrounding details and textures that support the pensive yet innocent smile. This particular young man was about to embark on his service-oriented journey as an American soldier in World War II.

Portrait Drawing of a Young Man with a Hat

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Tags: Abstract Impressionism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Drawing of a Fat Person

August 17th, 2011 · No Comments

This is a drawing of a fat person kneeling with their head in their hands entitled “Overcome”. The 9″x12″ abstract artwork was created in 2011 with colored pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors. The person was initially sketched with colored pencils, followed by oil pastel and watercolor highlights. The white background creates a stark contrast against the subject reinforcing a feeling of isolation.

Drawing of a Fat Person - Overcome

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Tags: Abstract Art · Abstract Impressionism Art · Character Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

Spectrum | Drawing of Eyes, Nose, and Mouth

August 13th, 2011 · No Comments

This artwork is entitled “Spectrum”. The 9″x12″ artwork was created in 2011 with markers, pens, watercolors, paint pens, crayons, and acrylics. The abstract artwork consists of a spectrum of non-traditional colors, textures, and mediums drawn vertically on the paper. A pen was then used to draw closed eyes, a nose, and a mouth over the spectrum.

Spectrum - Drawing of Eyes, Nose, and Mouth

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Tags: Abstract Art · Character Art · Expressionism Art · Impressionism Art · Portrait Art ·

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