Children are interesting characters to draw and I’ve wanted to capture this little girl for a while now and finally decided to give her a try ~
Little Girl (12×9) is a charcoal drawing on Strathmore Drawing paper using vine and willow charcoal, torilium, stump and a kneaded eraser. My reason for drawing the girl was to capture her relaxed posture as she basked in the warm sunlight. There are some areas that I may go back and revisit, but for today she is done and being introduced to you.
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Awww, you capture the sweet exhaustion…pensive mood of the child. Lovely.
Thank you Angie, really appreciate your feedback!
Beautiful!
Thanks Bette!
Beautiful and touching Mary, well done!
Thank you so much, really appreciate it!
She’s adorable. I can understand why you would want to capture her!
Thanks Elizabeth!
She is really lovely! A dreamy, universal childhood moment. Wonderful.
Hi Elena, such a compliment – thank you very much. This is your world in painting portraits and I can’t tell you what it means to read your feedback, a beginning for me. Have a wonderful weekend.
So precious and lifelike. Another favorite, dear Mary.
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
Hi Wendy, thank you. She was such a beautiful young child to draw, I’m glad you enjoyed the piece.
Mary, this portrait is enchanting. You have drawn all the feelings of wonder, dreaming, being content with oneself in a charming moment of childhood.
Thank you so much Patricia – happy birthday to you!!
I love how she’s looking into the distance. What must she be daydreaming about? 🙂
Thank you Takami – typical little girl dreaming!
Cute! ❤
Wonderful to see you Eva – thank you so much!
Great charcoal collection here Mary, children are normally slightly more dificult to draw but you never have this word in your art of vocabulary well done 😉
So kind Doron – very nice to see you. Thanks much, but you know that’s because you don’t see all that never make it past the trash can (like this weekend!), lol. Thank you for you lovely compliment and I hope you are well.
Absolutely delightful! You perfectly captured and conveyed two main components here, one is physically visual and includes the child like features: round cheeks, rounded small shoulders, baby hair. The other side is the atmosphere to which we as viewers emotionally react: innocence, vulnerability, youthfulness and that includes her eyes with her dreamy expression, the shoulder strap sliding down from her small rounded frame which is representative of her exhaustion and her posture is related to it as well. All important details which add up and make this work most remarkable. Beautifully executed Mary!
Thank you Eva, wow what an incredible analysis of the drawing – truly. This is something that I’ll read and re-read to absorb how you examined the piece and what struck you as you looked at the piece. I learn more every time you write, thank you for being such a wonderful blogging friend and always being present – means a lot. Thanks again ~
Awwh! How sweet. What is she dreaming about I wonder? Lovely piece Mary!
Hi Rhonda – thanks so much. Yeah, what is it that little children dream and think about – I hope her world is secured and loved. Thanks again ~
Me too. P.S. I sent you an email. 😊
Thanks Rhonda. I didn’t get to my regular emails yet, I’ll go check it out.
😊❤️
Lovely little girl! I like the expression on her face.
Hi Jess – thanks a lot, really appreciate it!
I like this… the pose, the dreamy expression, the pretty, childlike hair… she reminds me of my little niece, whom I’ve seen sitting like this so many times before! It’s very real, you’ve captured her so well 🙂
Thank you Marick and I loved your description!
She is so lovely… You did great dear Mary, Thank you, love, nia
Thanks you Nia! You are so sweet ~
I love the expression on her face, pensive with strong interest in what she’ looking at. So good Mary.
Hi Don, thank you – really appreciate your lovely thoughts on this piece.
So beautiful and evocative
Thank you so much Justine!
a pleasure x
Beautiful charcoal work, Miss Mary.
You capture innocence and vulnerability.
Best wishes
uncle john
Thank you Uncle John for such a beautiful description.
She is charmingly relaxed and contemplative, as though she has just come indoors from a hectic play session outside, and would love a cold drink.
Ah Gallivanta you know her well! Loved how you described her and all little children that have been playing. Thanks so much – I liked imagining the scene, fun!
Children have such wonderfully inquisitive, dreamy, attentive postures! You have captured the innocence so well here.
Thank you Don, you are so right about children and this young girl gave us all that. Really enjoyed your comment, thanks again!
She looks like an angel as they all do at that age! Beautiful drawing 🙂
Thanks Karen!
Little girl dreaming … 🙂
Thanks M.R.!
This is really charming, Mary. Your subject looks very like my little granddaughter. I would love to be able to sketch her one day. 🙂
Hi Sylvia, thanks very much – how great and such a compliment. I hope you take the opportunity to draw her while she is still young.
I’ll have a go, when I’ve improved a lot. 🙂
She will love it!
Very, very sweet…
Thank you Cynthia – her sweetness is was attracted me to draw her and that typical sitting position of a young child.
That is lovely, my dear Mary! I see why you wanted to draw her! 🙂 xx
Thanks Marina, with all you have on your plate right – amazing you are so present! Thank you very much! Have a beautiful week ~
🙂 YOU TOO!!! xxxx
So sweet, love her expression, and the strap coming off her little shoulder, reminds me of when my daughter was little, her straps were always falling off her shoulders, too. 🙂
Hi Janell, thank so much – I’m so glad to read your reaction to the drawing. The strap is one of those things that make this young one endearing. Thanks!!
She so cute! 😄
Thank you John!!
What a sweet repose….those cheeks, they capture the fullness of youth and the exhaustion of the day. Also love the ‘movement’ of the halter dress….almost like I’m seeing her breathe!
Hi A!, thank so much – alright, happy to read your comment as that’s exactly the reaction I was hoping for. As a Mom, you know this exhausted look of little kids intimately!