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 Giorgi Margvelashvili, the president og Georgia drawn by pencil! (When will wikipedeia start linking back?) I’ve been struggling with time recently – yet I keep painting in watercolor – so I listened to the advice of memadtwo (and many others) and decided to do this quick pencil sketch instead of a complicated watercolor. … Read more
This is Idriss Déby, the president of Chad. As some might have noticed, the last few days – or perhaps a week or so, my paintings have been a lot “quicker” than usual. I struggle to do one every day, which i really want to do – but it’s hard to assure that the quality … Read more
This is Donaldson Romeo the premier of Monteserrat click here for the rest of the “Rulers of the world” series And here for the original photo
This is Enele Sopoaga, the prime minister of Tuvalu, a tiny country of 10.000 people in the pacific ocean See the rest of my “Rulers of the World” series here And the original photo here
This is the president of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman! He’s part of my “Rulers of the World” series Don’t forget to come join the daily/almost daily drawer’s group on reddit /r/onedrawingdaily !