50 Amazing Pencil Portrait drawings for Inspiration
“I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed“. This quote by the American writer Gertrude Stein has a lot to teach us. Looking at a portrait or a picture of someone or something always imparts us with more details than what even the best writers can’t supply through their writings. A picture gives you the “complete whole” of a thing and you can look for any detail that you like in it. A writer, due to limits of space, will always have to skimp on some things. True it is and always will be – A picture is worth a thousand words.
Colored portraits, pencil sketches, digital photographs, all have their own distinct qualities and different people prefer different photographic methods to suit their needs and requirements. Although in this time and age more and more people go for digital photography but hand made portraits and sketches still have their place. Perhaps the strongest reason is that portraits have been raised to the level of royalty because of the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Rafael. Portraits are considered more “classy” than digital pictures and perhaps this is the reason why people belonging to the royalty still prefer to get themselves portrayed.
1. Greg
This photo was taken by Nico.
2. Angelina Jolie
This photo was taken by thomas rumberg.
3. Brad Pitt
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
4. Allan
This photo was taken by David J. Vanderpoo.
5. Beyonce
This photo was taken by Sivine UNG.
6. Bill Clinton
Charcoal and graphite pencil drawing on Canson Grain paper.
7. David Robert Joseph Beckham
This photo was taken by uchopo.
8. Emily
This photo was taken on May 15, 2007.
9. Emma Watson
This photo was taken on October 18, 2011 using a Canon.
10. Erika Sawajiri
11. Farrah
This photo was taken by Victor Powell.
12. Figure Drawing
This photo was taken by Wong Voon Fei.
13. Gandalf the White
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
14. Girl Artbox UCK
This photo was taken on October 2, 2007 using a Canon Digital IXUS 750.
15. Hannah
This photo was taken on May 15, 2007.
16. Icons
This photo was taken by paul cardenas.
17. James Dean
This photo was taken by ArteDiAmore.
18. Jason Martin
This photo was taken by David J. Vanderpool.
19. Jimi Hendrix
This photo was taken on May 15, 2007.
20. Keira
This photo was taken by Marion.
21. Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow pencil drawing.
22. Julia
This photo was taken on September 16, 2007 using a Canon Digital IXUS 750.
23. Keira Knightley
This photo was taken by ocsana.
24. Laura
This photo was taken on December 7, 2007 using a Canon Digital IXUS 750.
25. Master and Commander
This photo was taken by Cheesebob Greekpants.
26. Morgan Freeman
This photo was taken by Bolbec.
27. Mother Teresa
This photo was taken on May 15, 2007.
28. Natalie Portman
This photo was taken by Elena Roth.
29. Orlando Bloom
This photo was taken by akaLilith.
30. Portrait of David Te
Charcoal and graphite pencil drawing on Canson Grain paper.
31. Portrait of Ms. Elizabeth Taylor
A portrait in charcoal of Ms. Elizabeth Taylor.
32. Portrait of Ms. Lucille Ball
This photo was taken on June 10, 2009.
33. Portrait of Peter Morris
This photo was taken by Linda Huber.
34. Realistic pencil portrait
This photo was taken on May 28, 2009.
35. Rick
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
36. Robert Downey Jr
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
37. Scarlett Johansson
This photo was taken by Rebecca Blair.
38. Shane
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
39. Yui Album Portait
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
40. Sharon Stone
Pencil Portrait By Drago Domazet.
41. Taylor Swift
This photo was taken by Rajacenna.
42. The Avengers
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
43. The Dark Knight
This photo was taken by Bobby Sandhu.
44. The Last Samurai
This photo was taken by TayleRX.
45. Tiffany
46. Time Out
This photo was taken by Patrick.
47. Tuomas Holopainen
This photo was taken by Josi Fabri.
48. Uncle Theo
This photo was taken on January 27, 2007 using a Canon Digital IXUS 750.
49. Will Smith
50. Yukie Nakama
This photo was taken by Ken Lee.
I hope you liked the above collection of images. Let me know in the comments below which of the above you liked the most.
