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s mentioned earlier, most portraiture I have done has been based on the close observation of photos. Early efforts may have had a 'photo-realist' look about them and as a result, appear flatish in quality. As I improved, the challenge was to give the picture something that the camera could not. A more lifelike, rather than photo-like drawing was what I aimed for.

The following portraits are hand-drawn. They are as they appear and have not been digitally created or digitally reworked.

From about the late '80s onward I did the odd pencil portrait of family and friends, often from poor quality snaps. It was the excellent quality of the photography in an old book on Hollywood stars that gave me the idea to draw highly observed portraits. This pencil drawing of Ingrid Bergman, for example, was carried out on normal cartridge paper measuring about 20cm square.      Click the image

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