My Portrait Project 2

Here's another batch of portraits in my portrait project. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am making my way through an old set of World Book Encyclopedias as a way of sharpening my portraiture skills. See my previous post here. I have also been taking some of these sketchbook drawings to finish in color. I am using bright color and textures to give these sometimes creaky characters a new, more contemporary life. Many notables here. Too bad they are often lost to history. See more of my finished portraits in color on my site.

Joseph Conrad
British Novelist

Claud DebusseyFrench Composer

Thomas E. DeweyJust missed being President

Lee DeForrest
American Inventor - pioneered wireless telegraphy and radio broadcasting

Richard Harding Davis
American Adventurer, War Correspondent and Writer