Portrait - Crayon 03

Another portrait by Hossein Enas, called "A Sam Sui Woman". I had no idea what a sam sui woman was but my teacher told me that's what the women who worked in the construction site were called. And their special characteristic was the red cloth they wore on their heads. Hmm...

Oh ya... I forgot to mention. My teacher said that Malay artists were not encouraged to draw portraits (something to do with their religion) and Hossein Enas was the first one (who broke the norm).

Reference Picture

My portrait- done on the back card of the art block

Ok, I thought I got the eyes right this time. And the proportion of the face too. BUT, something must have happened during the colouring because - she's thinner again! LOL I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

Coming week is a portrait of a man and gonna use a new medium - water colours. Hopefully it'll turn out fine...

And I miss my pencils. Gonna do one soon...

Portrait - Crayon 02

Yet another portrait from Hossein Enas collection. A malay woman done in pastel (the original). I'm too lazy to get the reference picture from my handphone so it'll just be my portrait :P Done on light brown sugar paper.

I can tell you that she looks thinner than the original too. Bwahahaha.... I must fix this problem man...

Portrait - Crayon 01

Experimented with a new medium this week - crayons. Continuing the collection by Hossein Enas, I have an old man this time - side angle again. The original artist used pastel.

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My portrait

I think my old man looks a bit thinner. Gah! What do you think?

Portrait - Colour Pencils 01

New medium this week - colour pencils. Teacher started lending me the postcards from Hossein Enas's portrait collection. He did it in pastel.

Reference picture

My portrait

The hair ruined it! Aarghh.... it was going really well, in my opinion. Then when I coloured in the hair, I didn't pay attention to the forehead so... haih.