A few years ago, I got a zany idea that I would like to do portraits of a bunch of my neighbors. The first neighbor I tried went back to her home country and it took almost 2 years to get her to pose (she is the mother in law of my neighbor and visits here a month or so every year). The next neighbor was this gentleman. It seems he was shy and I was shy and it took a force of God (his wife) to finally get him to pose for some reference photos. I am happy about how it came out.. and she is too. This is a full sized portrait. I do portrait commissions of people and pets too. In case you’re interested. Thanks for all your comments, I really appreciate them.
6 responses to “Day 10 – Portrait of my neighbor”
happy dude!
I really don’t like asking people to pose, maybe incase they don’t like the result, but you should never worry, you have wonderful results on all your portraits, well done!
You are very talented. The drawing looks good 🙂
Really nice!
What a good idea. Could never do this myself, but it is great that you are painting your neighbors.
Good looking dude! He does look like a “gentleman”.