Wow. I'm astonoshed by these portraits.
Especially by Silverwing24 and by Shahin.
because the pictures give me the same feelings
as his real picture.
I'm grateful to all your great masterpieces.

I must give them a pat on the back. I tired drawing RA in art he looked like some weird John Barrowman puppet guy. Thoose looked like RA

So much lovely artwork here to enjoy. I have to comment on the new silhouette cut out by Kathryn, and also the amazing photo manips by Karima. Those are the most thud-worthy pics I've seen in a while. Great work, all!

Thank you so much weaselle! I made the Silhouette in the traditional way that silhouettes were created beginning in the 1700's, by using just scissors and paper. I took a still photo of Richard as Mr. Thornton, as he walked through the mill at the end of episode 1 of North & South, and worked from that.

If you have a keen eye, you will catch quite a number of hand cut silhouettes used in the background as decorative props. There is a nice grouping Thornton is standing next to while he is speaking with his Mother, and a lovely full body silhouette in the hallway of the Hale home.

wow you ladies are soooo talented. these pictures are fantastic.
Niki M from Virginia

I usually do not comment artworks, because they are all beautiful. I envy people who can draw like this. I'd love to draw myself.

Anyway, Thorin's portrait by DarkJackal is so breathtaking I had to stop and tell her. It's just that she could make us feel all the sadness, concentration, and - maybe - weariness the actor was experiencing during a long day on set.

Congratulations! This artwork conveys several emotions.

Thank you very much for the thoughtful comments! It is good to know the feeling I got when I first looked at that scene has not been lost in the translation to paper.

DarkJackal32 , your drawing of Thorin is absolutely gorgeous
I'm very impressed.

Thank you! It is just all part of my plan to turn us all into Thorin fangirls!

Oh ladies I wish had a thimble full of the talent you all have...Brilliant and as xtglx and maddarike say..Breathtaking too xx

very nice.. good work

Oh wow!Some fabulous new artwork since last time I looked.

Loving the details of how your portraits were created, shahin, and will be off to see the rest of work on the named site.

Love your work Joyce [off to see your other stuff too] and lady T_220 and Joane. Actually, I am in awe of all the wonderful artists who have shown their work here. I don't know how you do it but it is such an amazing talent.

But if I could only pick one piece, it would have to be Olde-Fashioned's realisation of that wonderfully romantic station kiss. I can't take my eyes away.

I hope it is OK to snaffle pics, for personal drooling use only?

Yes you can snaffle for your personal stash certainly. Thanks for your feedback!
Ali

Wow - you've posted loads of brilliant work on Stars-portraits.com. You're very talented. Thanks for pointing that website out to me as well. I'd not come across that before :-)

You are very welcome, DozyDog. Glad you have found it. There are lots of talented artists on the S-P website. Since I joined up, I have learned a lot by observing the work of others. I would not have known about that website either, had it not been for a British artist friend telling me about it. I met Helen (Helenadiva) on Il Divo's Art Thread, a forum link listed beneath Entertainment and Creativity where those of us who are fans of the Il Divo men, and like to draw, post some of our work.
Joyce

Wow, these are really great. Love the colour pencil drawings - It's been ages since I've tried a portrait and I've not plucked up the courage yet to do anything with colour pencil (treated myself to a really nice set of Faber Castell pencils last year) but these are really inspiring. I'd love to see more of your work

Thank you for the lovely compliment on my artwork, DozyDog.

My husband bought me a set of 120 Sanford Prismacolor colored pencils for a birthday present two years ago. I was delighted with this gift, but at the same time I felt overwhelmed. Just knowing I had those colored pencils intimidated me, and for more than a month they remained in a drawer of my work cabinet before I got them out, sharpened them, and started to use them.

Joyce

Well, you should definitely use them more often Joyce. And I would recommend opening an account on DeviantArt to post some of your work - I think you'd get some very nice feedback there :-)

Thank you for the suggestion, but I already have an account on DeviantArt. It is under the name of "Jojemo." I am not very active on that website, though. Most of my activity is on Stars-portraits.com. Again, my gallery is under the name of 'Jojemo.'
Joyce

Great artwork! Especially like Lady_T_220's pencil drawings - very inspiring. Do you have a DeviantArt page at all?

Reply from Ali: Lady_T_220 doesn't have a DeviantArt page, but she's told me that she has a flickr account for her sketches, as follows:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unlikeyou/

Thanks for posting the link to Lady_T_220's Flickr page Ali. I just had a quick browse. She's posted some awesome work. Definitely one to follow :-)

Thanks so much for posting these. There is such incredible talent expressed here that it is truly unbelievable. Well done all around

uuaww so impressed by the drawings , just perfect and the poems made my day.
Well done
feels so good that I am not the only one inspirated by his performance in North&South.

fell in love with the book, too

Well I think all the pictures are brilliant. I can draw a little but not as good as everyone here, I wish I had their talent. Well done guys.

where can i send my drawings?

Reply from Ali: sure, send me an email admin@richardarmitagenet.com

I love Hedgey's Thorin

@ Hedgeypig. Love this!

I love Lady_T_220's art with Marian and Guy it rocks! Good job everyone!

It's Great!!! It's seems that Richard is real.