Pencil Drawings of Celebrities. Colour Pencil portraits of great men and Heroes. When a person desiring to be an artist takes pencil in what would he/she like to draw first? Perhaps the faces of the men and women he/she loves most. The portrait drawing is both an art, as it is intuitive; and a technique, as it can be learnt. Any one who begins career in portrait making, should first define outlines of face of the person whose portrait is to be made. Do rough sketch first. After the rough sketch, start adding extra details of nose, lips, and eyes. Next stage would comprise of doing the shading work.
Here are pencil drawings of great men who became presidents of USA by doing the great struggle in their life. Any artists, a beginner or an accomplished one, would like to look at these drawings. These drawings are good guide for the artists, and they are wonderful art pieces to view.
Portrait of George Washington
When the great man George Washington stood up for taking the oath as the first president of United States of america, the history had looked it with tearful eyes, the eyes full of the tears of joy and pleasure. On April 30, 1789, George Washington did not only became the head of today's most successful democracy in the world, but he had declared that the power of weak-looking common men is limitless and no one on the earth can limit it by tyranny of bullets.George Washington
In this painting the artist has used sober colours for the clothes and light colours for the face. The background is painted in still lighted shade for highlighting the face of the president George Washington. However the white and grey -like hair worked here marking out the limit of the face and beginning of the backside area. The dark coloured eyes are the perfet match for the visionary eyes of the person so portrayed. That is technical aspect of this wonderful colour portrait of the first president of America.
President George Washington was not only a brave soldier, but he had proved himself as a wise statesman, too. His capabilities as a had of USA was at the test during the time of French war. But proving himself to be one of the most impartial world leader, he had refrained from taking the side of either England or France, and had remained neutral. A Portrait Drawing
He was born ad brought up as a gentle man. Living his parents who were planters in the state of Virginia, he had learn the A B C of morals and manners of a gentleman. Washington had never availed vacation in his life, as that was the call of the nation and call of the time in which he functioned. After his retirement as the president of USA, he lived only for three years. He died on fourteenth December in the year of 1799.
Pencil Portrait of John F. Kennedy
Here is the pencil portrait of one of the greatest presidents of United States of America: John F. Kennedy. He was murdered while he was president.
His death was a major blow to the concept that US president is quite safe in the modern time. The man who had shot President Kennedy from a good distance was arrested and the case of murdering the hero of the time, president Kennedy, was registered against him. President Kennedy was very much famous for his devotion to the nation and the world peace. He had maintained very cordial relationship with the prime minster of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. India is the largest democracy in the world.
Portrait of Barack Obama
The first ever non-white president of United States of America has been honored by the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2009. He has been elected as the president of USA, the most successful democracy of the world . His election as a president was also a crucial one, as his main opponent was a strong lady, Ms. Hillary Clinton, contesting against him for nomination as a candidate for Democratic party.
President Obama has lived a life of a real common man. He neither belongs to a renowned family having clouts in political field, not he is connected with any billionaire of the country. He lived as a common man; he contested as a common man; and he won the election as a hero of the twenty first century. President Obama has received a huge welcome from all over the world for his getting such a valued prize at such an young age. [Images Courtesy: Geroge Washington Painting By Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860) Description American painter Date of birth/death 22 February 1778(1778-02-22) 3 October 1860(1860-10-03) Location of birth/death Bucks County Philadelphia (the-athenaeum.org)[see page for license], from Wikimedia Commons , George Washington Pencil Portrait See page for author [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons ]
