I just finished this last night, a graphite portrait of the great Ann Dvorak. I've had her on my list for a long time and was recently motivated to get this piece done by Christina over at Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel who's been doing a post on Ann every day as part of her "A Year of Ann Dvorak" Blogathon and asked if anyone wanted to contribute. Also recently I watched "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain" one of Ann's few starring vehicles at WB and I really enjoyed the film...couple that with the fact that I watch "Three on a Match" once every 3 or 4 months or so and yeah, time for a picture of Ann!
Tech stuff: 2H and HB pencils and a bit of white pastel pencil on 13" x 17" tinted canson paper
Wow--the detail is amazing! I'm putting this on Pinterest!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly beautiful piece of art! Ann is positively stunning! I am very impressed with your talents. And am I correct in assuming your name is Paul?
ReplyDeleteWow, a year-long blogathon devoted to one person! What an awesome undertaking! Puts my 4-day John Garfield blogathon to shame. I am going to pop by just to read a few posts. Miss Dvorak was terrific in every film I've seen her in.
thank you both for your comments! yes my name is Paul, i actually just started a facebook page just for my art, heres a link if you wanna check it out: http://www.facebook.com/ArtByPaulPetro
ReplyDeleteChristina over at the Ann Dvorak page has written a bio on her which should be published later this year! That should prove to be a very interesting read!
I have a FB account, but I rarely use it and am considering deleting my account, so I probably will not be following your page. I did, however, pin this beautiful creation to the "Hollywood's Golden Years" board on my Pinterest page.
ReplyDeleteWow, it's beautiful. You are a very gifted man!
Oh, Vermont is one of the 9 U.S. states I've never been to. Was in New Hampshire, Maine, and Mass. back in 2003, but we didn't get to Vermont.
Nice!!! Her hair...you draw hair so beautifully! Excellent work :)
ReplyDeletePatti - thanks for "pinning" my picture! its very pretty here in the late spring to early fall
ReplyDeletethank you Jennifer :D