This is Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium This time I started out with the fineliner (or pen.. what’s it called?) to first make the drawing and then I put on the watercolor. The ink has the disadvantage of not being erasable, so you can’t correct your mistakes. You can’t conceal it with watercolor … Read more
This is the president of Tajikistan, Emomalii Rahmon It’s my zombie Saturday – I did the habitual night shift yesterday and it really destroys the whole weekend. I did manage to do this one, though. I think it turned alright for a quick sketch. Tajikistan is a country in Central Asia. And this is a … Read more
This is (supposed to be) Portia Simpson-Miller, the Prime Minister of Jamaica It’s not my proudest moment in portraiture. I think that I will start doing more landscapes or street scenes and step away from these portraits for a little while. Thomas W. Schaller spends around 1 hour on his wonderful paintings – that’s pretty … Read more
This is a portrait of Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran. It’s been long since I made anything in ink, and i think that it’s quite nice for a change! There’s something nice to the gradients of ink, that i can’t quite put my fingers on. Perhaps it just reminds me of some ink-drawings by … Read more
This is José Eduardo dos Santos, the president of Angola The precision is not really there, but I like this technique. Well not that there is really a technique – it’s just dabbing around a little. Anyway – yesterday I did a pencil portrait, and this morning I sprayed it with “hairspray”.. It serves the … Read more
This is Juan Orlando Hernández, the president of Honduras See my “Rulers of the World” series or the original photo The 400th drawing is approaching – what shall it be?
This is Tommy Remengesau, the president of Palau, yet another microcountry in the pacific ocean – I start to get the idea that the majority of the faces in this series might be leaders from these countries. I’m starting to feel rather mechanical with these portraits.. 240 is a lot, and there’s still a long … Read more
This is Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the president of Portugal This ended up really loose, and I sort of like it – there are some of the finer details that I’d like to have ajusted a little better. Talented watercolorists seem to somehow be able to make something that seems almost realist by just dabbing down … Read more
This is Fernando Chui, the Chief Executive of Macau – I was not 100% sure who is the real head of state of Macau – there are three people mentioned on wikipedia, and the people with the word “president” in their titles just had much shorter wikipedia articles. That’s how you know if somebody is … Read more
This is Fernando Chui, the Chief Executive of Macau – I was not 100% sure who is the real head of state of Macau – there are three people mentioned on wikipedia, and the people with the word “president” in their titles just had much shorter wikipedia articles. That’s how you know if somebody is … Read more