July fourth

Here we are on the sixth with a post titled July fourth.  I've been keeping up with the drawings but have slipped a little with the posts! The days do come pretty quickly when you try to post something every day. Even quicker when you do a drawing each day. Funny, but so far it seems easier to find time for the drawings than the posts! I had expected this to be the other way around.

So on July fourth there could only be one choice on who to illustrate:

July fourth  - Barack

 I photographed this next to the Ipad I used for the reference photo to give a feel for the size of these drawings and give readers a view of the creative process. you can see that my drawing is much larger than the reference photo and that creates drawing challenges. When the reference photo is small like this it's difficult to observe all the fine details that are vitally important for creating a likeness. the curve of the eyelids, the size of the pupils etc. are difficult to discern. If the pose or the expression is good it may still be worth using the photo though. Someone commented that there may be a little bit  of a 'lazy eye' look here and I think they are correct! It's not too pronounced but the eyes may be looking in slightly different places in my drawing - not on the reference photo.

All in all I am happy with this portrait. I hope you enjoyed the fourth! We had a splendid summer day in central MN.