The Portrait Party 4 - Miriam Stella

Miriam Stella is one of the two portraits I drew during our vacation in Calpe. She writes that she´s a scientist, a reader, a gardener, a wife, BF, daughter, sister, aunt. Check out her blogs here.

My portrait of her:


The original pic showed her sitting in a diner. How I would have loved to exchange places with her. American diners are just places I always enjoy being at.

And this is the portrait she drew:


The portrait is very nice. I specially like how she did the background.

And the link to the original pic.

Thanks, Miriam!

The Portrait Party 3 - Amber Forgey

Amber Forgey was the first who asked me to exchange portraits for The Portrait Party. Here´s her beautiful website and her blog.

My portrait of her:



And this is the portrait she drew:



I´m really having fun drawing all these portraits and specially seeing all the results. I like this one, because it is colorful and very flowery. That´s pretty unusual for me and I like to see different versions of me. Thanks Amber

IFN: A Book I'll Always Remember (The Hucho Hucho Girl)

Illustration Friday Night´s topic this week is: "a book i'll always remember" (suggested by red-handed).

The stories I used to devour as a child were Asian tales. They were mainly Indian and Chinese. This picture was inspired by the story "The Hucho hucho girl" and the illustrations done by Irmhild and Hilmar Proft for the book "Die neunköpfigen Ungeheuer vom Zweidrachenberg" (published 1974).



The illustration was beautiful in black and white. But I wanted to color it, as the story is about the Hucho hucho (redfish) girl. Somehow the color really took away a lot from the original pic.

Die neunköpfigen Ungeheuer von Zweidrachenberg: Märchen und Volkserzählungen aus China. Bräutigam, Herbert (1974)

The Portrait Party 2 - Justin Morton

Justin Morton sent in the first portrait of me. I was so excited to have a look at it. Check out his blogs about his art and about everyday life. You can have a lot of fun reading there.

My portrait of him:

Somehow I made him look like a thug.

And this is the portrait he drew:



And the link to the original pic.

My husband said: "You look a lot friendlier in real!"
My brothers: "The portrait makes you look like a 45-year old, tea drinking, boring aunt, which has grown quite fat!" (What kind of strange comment is that???)

Sorry Justin, for these comments. I was very happy when I had a look at it. I could recognize myself immediately and you have done a perfect job on my nose! :) And it is the first time someone sketched me and that is wonderful too.
I guess, all that counts is that the recipient is happy, isn´t it? And I´m definitely very happy with the exchange: tea drinking lady against thug!

The Portrait Party 1 - Christine Castro

Christine Castro is the first artist of The Portrait Group group for whom I drew a portrait. I really enjoyed doing it and had fun looking at her websites Maganda.org and Darling Design. She is a nice lady.


Here´s the original image.

And this is the portrait she drew of me (I like the friendly look she gave me):


And the link to the original pic.

Venus

A few days ago, my husband and I were talking about a certain Venus picture. And I realized that the typical Venus image (Boticelli Venus/Venus de Milo) is not how I behold her. They are beautiful - without doubt. But somehow they are too pure and beautiful and the lustfullness is missing.



The picture was inspired by a woodcut. Unfortunately I lost the artists name. Does anybody know which artist I´m talking about? Please let me know.
(I misplaced my black Pilot G-Tec-c4, so for a change the cross-hatching is done in green.)