lena horne painting

[coolkurtful]

Excellent job. May i ask how you fixed the eye as i also make this mistake in my portraiture work and never know how to fix it.

[artitasos55]

great art work and video adding..!! greeting..))

[lfitzgerald1000]

good job nice to c the step by step process

[diholalola]

great and helpful tutorial video!...thanks a lot!

[thecomicbots]

Good work from a good person. I see you put your hart in your drawings.

[oliivy1977]

Very Nice.. I'm wondering does anyone use canvas to paint with pastels. I've noticed a lot of people just use the paper. Is there a reason for that?

[bentleysportraits]

are you asking can pastels be used on a canvas board that oils and acrylics are used on ?

[oliivy1977]

Yes... Cause I'm curious to why the portraits arent on canvas. Everyone I looked at that uses pastels, they use some type of paper so I'm just wondering if canvas could be used.

[bentleysportraits]

i would assume you could there's no law that says you can't i suppose , as long as the surface has some texture you should be okay give it a try and see how it goes .

the good thing is canvas comes in large sizes.

if you try it let me know how it went!

[TheBrandan6]

very good, but, I want to see as you draw, it would be helpful

[ZeroSakhalan]

i agree with taht method.i mean it dosent show you do it step by step so you can learn it for your self in stead they had done it off the camra and then put in the camra when its done that part how do u spect to learn if the dont teach step by step.

[becasmar]

nice skin tones colours

[firstmoments]

Thank you so much!

[kiva2244]

you did a nice job but i think it would have been more fun to watch u draw it in a video. it had a great outcome and i envy u were able to go from black and white to color.

[indogitrust]

How do you get about drawing the outline in the first place?

[neeraja1]

ha ha ha... that was a very honest and simple question. you made me laugh...lol

[indogitrust]

I am a portrait artist myself for the last 40 years.

[Chil5wind4]

You are very talented person :). i've watched all your videos.

[MissPinkPenguin]

Oh my gosh, that's pretty!

[Ninjerina]

what kind of pastels are you using? of the various types I've tried so far, Rembrandt soft pastels seem to be the beest

[ninjastrike3]

pretty fucking awesome lol i cant draw like that lol i can only do stick men LMAO

[kvin6565]

thanks ninja it just takes a little practice i'm still learning myself lol

kev

[Beemanstudio]

Nice Job! Mike

[bentleysportraits]

I totally agree thats why I used it lol

[thegnastygnome]

The lighiting is off. The original has it from a different angle.

This doesn't have anything to do with the drawing but the music is grocery-store music and its terrible.

[moussaemad]

Great Work! But one comment if I may...I think you need to fix the tip of the nose and nostrils a little bit more. The left shadowy side of the nose needs to be less stood out, if you see what I mean. Thanks

[bentleysportraits]

hey mouss i see what you mean man thanks your work is great

kevin

[WhiteArtStudio]

Nice work Kevin! It's funny I almost always work from dark to light :) Very difficult to do a color portrait from a b/w photo!

[ebaysellerbarca317]

Hi Kevin. Your work is really great. You're talented. Please feel free to leave video responses on any of my vids. Take care, Gordon

[bentleysportraits]

thanks ebay your work is great as well!

feel free to leave videos on mine anytime to

thanks

kevin

[greenbeenie60]

Im looking for an artist who would paint a picture of my wife for commission of course as a warrior or angel im lost where i would even start

[bentleysportraits]

Thanks for the comment I NEED TO LEARN TO DO DOGS HERE IN NASHVILLE WHERE I LIVE PEOPLE LOVE DOGS.

AGAIN THANKS AND I LOVE YOUR PORTRAITS

[portraUK]

Hi Thanks for the link. This is beautifully done. I completely agree with what you say about the importance of getting the eyes right.

[pyramiaou]

Another beautiful picture Kevin. I like the way you are able to interpret a b/w photo in colour. I tried to do that with my sister's photo but ended up doing a sepia watercolour tonal wash painting... have you looked at that one?

Hope to see more from you!

[pjm012345]

great video horrible music

[Gununggede]

Excellent!

[bentleysportraits]

thanks gununggede I hope to do a video of one all the way thru when i get time.

thanks again.

[agonyuncle]

wow nice work,i envy your talent

[bentleysportraits]

thanks agony uncle it just takes a little practice I. guess but everybody's got a talent doing something.

I wish I could play a piano as good as I draw LOL.