Hi, I'm new here but some of you might have seen some of my work on other forums. I have been working in colored pencil for about 5 years now and use Prismacolors on different colored Stonehenge papers. This was one done of my Granddaughter Hannah on black Stonehenge. It's about 10x12 inches. I do renderings of a multitude of subjects and find portraits one of  the most challenging.

gbritnell

Thank you everyone for your gracious comments. I will post some more of my work shortly. I have done several pieces of my granddaughter, a couple on black and some on Stonehenge white. When you work on white and lay down a light wash of color it barely shows up so instinctively you want to add more but when you work on black you see that you are actually putting color down so I think that practicing on a piece of  black paper will give you a feel for how much pressure to use. I had never been a portrait artist until I bought Ann Kullberg's and saw her remarkable work. From there I was hooked.

gbritnell