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I am happy to announce that I have opened a small retail store and studio in Mount Forest, Ontario, where I create custom original artwork for my customers. I also have original paintings and sketches for sale there as well.

I have also started doing CARICATURES !! This is a great inexpensive, fun gift idea for anyone!  It can be done quickly and easily thru email using your pictures, the original artwork being sent to you through the mail within 5 -7 days! I will be uploading some caricatures I have done of famous people in the next few days.  For now .. here is a VERY quick one of Angelina Jolie …

5 min Quick Caricature of Angelina Jolie

My new store is located at 178 Main St. S and my hours are,  

Wed thru Fri 10 am – 4 pm,  Sat 11 am – 4 pm, and Sun 11 am – 2 pm.

Thanks! 

Shannon

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Hey all!!  I just wanted to let you know that I am now taking commissions on SPORTS art again!  NHL, Nascar, Football .. ANY sport!  Original artwork only .. absolutely no reproductions or prints available on sports artwork.

Please note that a couple of the works under Hockey and Sports Portraits Gallery (heading on the left) are currently unfinished,  I will upload the finished artwork as soon as they are done.

I would also really appreciate any feedback on which sports players you would like to see!

Thanks!

Thanks to all who have been visiting and requesting further information!

I will be doing more tutorials .. if you have a request for one, let me know. I am always interested in helping other artists with techniques and exchanging ideas.

If you have any ideas on how I can improve the site, or what you would like to see more of..feel free to contact me!

Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy my work :)

How I Sketch Realistic Pencil Portraits of People

Just a few quick notes before we start.

The materials I have used for this portrait are:

*14 x 17″ Strathmore – acid free, medium weight drawing paper

*Bruynzeel design – artist soft pencils in 3B, 4B, 6B and 8B

*A good quality eraser, and also a kneadable eraser for lightening if needed

*A few soft Q-tips (for blending skin tones), and blending stumps (made of rolled paper)

*A bit of learning, fun and patience!! (not materials, but things you will need!)

This is the photo I was given to sketch from. As you can see, it was not the best clear quality to use for the purpose of sketching!
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