Martinez Portrait

Groucho · April 18, 2014

@HSD I see Everton have seen this on twitter.

Well done

flibbyflob · April 18, 2014

Bloody brilliant

Shibbywiggles · April 18, 2014

That is truly phenomenal. You displayed an artistic arrogance and flair that was very exciting, with patience but still an emphasis on attack. Definitely a fantastic and truly unique talent.

raib · April 18, 2014

HSD said:
It's been a long while since I've done any Everton drawings (4 years since the Arteta one!) but, I've finally got around to doing a portrait of Martinez. For those who've seen my past Everton drawings, hopefully you'll see a fair amount of improvement.
It took about 10-12 hours, I hope you like it!

Wow - brilliant

ART · April 18, 2014

Can you draw one of Moyes crying after they get blown away on Sunday? lol. love your Drawings well done.

maccavennie · April 18, 2014

Top quality portrait that Helen,keep up the fantastic work.

mezzrow · April 18, 2014

A big thumbs up from here, Helen. Great stuff.

hope you are well, youngster...

Simon Smith · April 18, 2014

Bloody hell HSD that's some talent you got there.
At times I struggle to draw breath let alone anything like that!!

(Question.... How many times did you need to sharpen the pencil?) ;o)

ijjysmith · April 18, 2014

Bloomin' heck that's insanely good.

Jxg · April 18, 2014

Bloody hell, that's impressive.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · April 18, 2014

Superb Again H.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · April 18, 2014

In fact it's worthy of being at the top of the stairs at Finch Farm.

Obv. with it on Twitter lots will see it, has anyone from the club made any comments on it ?

HSD · April 18, 2014

Mr. F said:
I noticed that as well, you just go straight into drawing his left eye without seemingly having any marker to make sure you place it right, except i suppose you use the hairline above as a guide etc. I'd usually make soft outlines first, yours is a brave style, and you have great use of shading. Beautiful work.

I do make outlines, as few as possible but I do make them - my camera isn't good at picking them up though because they have to be so light so I never film that part. I usually have a few comments telling me I'm 'cheating' because you can see the outlines, but they're just construction lines, I've still drawn them!

Some people say I draw strangely because I start from the eyes and pretty much finish all the layers of detail in them before moving on but, ah, I like it that way!

HSD · April 18, 2014

Simon Smith said:
Bloody hell HSD that's some talent you got there.
At times I struggle to draw breath let alone anything like that!!

(Question.... How many times did you need to sharpen the pencil?) ;o)

Hahaha! Thanks, well one of my pencils is now half the size it was when I started it!