I started off my latest art project with a sketch of an elderly man. I then got stuck…a road block….couldnt work out how to colour white hair and white facial hair on white paper
I then decided to use some coloured pencils and also pastels just for the purpose of practice and below is the end result….my imaginary new friend. To be honest I really like this new friend.
This is the elderly man that I really want to do a portrait of. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks.
Ally's Notebook 
Concentrate on the tones. If you squint your eyes you will see the light and dark better ( I think it makes you use the rod cells in the back of your eyes not the cones) when you start leave the white areas blank. Try and work out the darkest areas and lightest, work into the lighter areas first then add more dark gradually. Finally just add a bit of shading to the white hair areas….?
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Many thanks Christine for your helpful suggestions, much appreciated. If you were doing the drawing would you include the background brick wall or leave it out ? Xxx
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It depends, if you are confident about putting the lines in and leaving the mortar visible. Bu if not you could add shade to the left side to show he’s casting a shadow?
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Thank you x
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What about silver,gray and off=white colors?
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Good idea thanks Josie. I just checked with Office Works , they have got silver gray pencils 🙂
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I meant the background so that it will appear in contrast to the white hair.
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👍🙂
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Very nice Ally! I think you are becoming more refined. I am not an artist as you are but if I were to make any attempts, I would start with the head shape then then define expressions such as the eyes. 💓🍂🍮🍮🍂
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Thank you AOC for your kind comments. The eyes are the windows to the soul, the most important feature when drawing a face 👀🙂. I am enjoying creating portraits, and there are two or three more that I would like to do and maybe even more. I am planning a visit to the art store to buy skin tone pencils and pastels.
Have a wonderful day, enjoy the coffee ☕🥐🧀🎨💓
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Good work Ally..👩🏻🎨
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Thankyou 🙂
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You’re always welcome Ally
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Cool drawing.
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Thank you 🙂
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Well done. Portraits are not easy.
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Thank you.
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Being able to bring out his maturity and wisdom will be a refreshing challenge.
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I agree 👍🙂
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