This months celebrity is Muhammad Ali. I picked this photo of a young Ali because of the lighting. It has a nice contrast. Charcoal, chalk and ink on colored paper.
This months Celebrity is a portrait of Freddy Mercury the lead singer of Queen. Frederick “Freddie” Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. He was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal
The monthly celebrity drawing for December is a portrait of Princess Diana. I remember like it was yesterday when i heard the news of her death. A week later I went to Paris and saw all the flowers on the location where the accident happened. Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July
One of my loyal customers from the Netherlands asked for another portrait of Bruce Springsteen. The other one I made for him you’ll find here. It was a fun piece to do, I love photos with a lot of black in them. Born in the USA 2017 Charcoal, ink and white chalk on colored paper
This months Celebrity is a portrait of George Michael. One of my students, who is a huge George Michael fan, bought it. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the
This months celebrity is Audrey Hepburn. Several people asked me to make a drawing of her. Audrey Hepburn was born Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a blue-blood and a cosmopolitan from birth. Her mother, Ella van Heemstra, was a Dutch baroness; Audrey’s father, Joseph Victor Anthony Hepburn-Ruston, was
I showed some of my “monthly celebrity” drawings at the exposition at Zaans Groen early September. And because of that I got an assignment to make this drawing of Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols. Not really my kind of music but it was fun to do. Sid Vicious 2017 Charcoal, ink and white chalk
The “Monthly Celebrity” for this month is Cary Grant. Once told by an interviewer, “Everybody would like to be Cary Grant”, Grant is said to have replied, “So would I.” Cary Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked
This months celebrity is Lucille Ball. The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by
In november 2016 I got the idea for this series. I’m making making and selling Elvis drawings in charcoal, ink and white chalk on colored paper almost once a week. To keep me sharp I thought it would be fun to draw some other celebrities once a month. They are all people I admire for
