Commissioned Portrait of a Niece by hlezama

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hive-114105 · @hlezama · Aug 10 '20

$6.97

Commissioned Portrait of a Niece

*Greetings, everyone*
As I promised yesterday, and taking advantage of the muses, here I share a pencil drawing portrait I made of one of my nieces, Santiago's sister, April Samantha.

![IMG_20200810_173336.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/WK4HLYNs-IMG_20200810_173336.jpg)

<center>![IMG_20200402_095033.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/XcSp2KM9-IMG_20200402_095033.jpg)</center>

<img src="https://steemitimages.com/1500x871/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUzYupyiqXfdHSGw7s6BBoVB15GL9ZvhUPnWoaEveXTiQ/Power%20House%20Creatives%20Logos%20FINAL.png" alt="Power House Creatives Logos FINAL.png" /><br/>

# Process

This potrait posed a challenge. Santiago had very expressive eyes, Samantha has an incredibly expressibe smile with prominent cheeks. It was very hard to capture that smile. I am not sure I did it. I tried to be more meticulous with the measures this time. That allowed me to make someadjustments from the first draft.

![IMG_20200810_150326.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/MwCZYPfC-IMG_20200810_150326.jpg)

I had a couple of pictures of my niece to look at as models and tried to combine elements form both. That was a bit complicated.
I had the shape of the torso and clothes first and left the hard part for later.

![IMG_20200810_152818.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/2OeDP55Q-IMG_20200810_152818.jpg)

I do not know how many times I erased and redid the mouth. I had to settle at some point for this version. Probably I was looking at the wrong detail and the problem was not exactly in the mouth.

![IMG_20200810_163542.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/Jzb8NcVt-IMG_20200810_163542.jpg)

Anyway, I had fun working on this portrait. I sent it to my brother and he liked it. The children loved them. Actually, he is now bragging about it with his friends and now wants portraits of his wife and himself. We'll see.

<img src="https://steemitimages.com/1500x871/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUzYupyiqXfdHSGw7s6BBoVB15GL9ZvhUPnWoaEveXTiQ/Power%20House%20Creatives%20Logos%20FINAL.png" alt="Power House Creatives Logos FINAL.png" /><br/>

Original photograph

![IMG20200510WA0014.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/gHSzW2iK-IMG-20200510-WA0014.jpg)

![IMG_20200810_173056.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/VWIqh4JE-IMG_20200810_173056.jpg)

<center>![IMG_20200402_095033.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/XcSp2KM9-IMG_20200402_095033.jpg)</center>
 # Thaks for stopping by
![Hive logo.gif](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/hlezama/TXuSOqSt-Hive20logo.gif)


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@adncabrera · Aug 14 '20

¡Oye, este retrato es una belleza bellezura!

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@hlezama · Aug 14 '20

Jaja. Gracias, @adncabrera
Samantha es una bellezura. Ojala pueda conocerla en persona pronto. Ahora que le regalé este retrato, me dice mi hermano que le ha dado por dibujar.

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@eleazarvo · Aug 10 '20

Beatiful

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@hlezama · Aug 11 '20

Thanks!

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@galenkp · Aug 11 '20

Nice work mate. That drawing came out really well. Keep up the good work!

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@hlezama · Aug 11 '20

Thank you very much.

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@janaveda · Aug 12 '20

Hola amigo @hlezama,

Felicitaciones por tan buen dibujo de tu nieta. Talento más allá de la escritura.

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@hlezama · Aug 13 '20

Gracias, @janaveda
Es una sobrinita. Hija de mi hermano menor, quien vive actualmente en Perú.
Una de las cosas que agradezco a #hive es permitirme explorar talentos olvidados.

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@janaveda · Aug 13 '20

Amigo... disculpa tan garrafal error, claro,  en nada desdice de tus talentos, el dibujo, por abandonado que estuviera,  también se te da bien.

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@rjguerra · Aug 11 '20

Bello trabajo, @hlezama. 
Saludos.

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@hlezama · Aug 11 '20

Muchas gracias, @rjguerra

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