drawing based on a 17th century oil painting


my pencil drawing. hmm, i think the original page looks better than this digital photograph version of it. done today, about an hour.

Abraham Lincoln – drawing



Abraham Lincoln

Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson)

looking through my drawing images

from 2001 after I had completed my course and stopped drawing for awhile

there are lots of problems with this final result – I rushed it

patience is not my strong suit

Sir Winston Churchill – drawing



Sir Winston Churchill

Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson)

I drew this basing it from a small strongly backlit photograph in a paperback biography of Churchill.

He is one of my heroes. Without him the twentieth century would have been the triumph of Nazism.

not a very good drawing but catches a little of his face and look.

about 4″ x 4″