I love drawing babies! All that smooth skin and wonderful big eyes! This is a project that I am doing as a baby gift for a good friend of mine of her beautiful little girl. I think its always more fun drawing people I know…there seems to be more of a connection…that and I can have fun deciding which of her parents BJ got her features from ).


So..here goes…I’m using 2b and H graphite on Strathmore Bristol 300 series smooth.

I always start by rendering the eyes…if I can’t good a good likeness in the eyes, it’s useless trying to complete the portrait.

Next I’ll start to establish some of the darkest areas of the portrait so that I can keep the tone balanced as I go along.

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