“Think of me long enough to make a memory, come bless the child one more time”
Nightwish – Bless The Child
Part 2 of my Nightwish inspired drawing obsession in spring 2014.
I drew this portrait of Nightwish’s former vocalist Tarja Turunen only a few weeks after I had finished the Tuomas portrait. I still remember struggling a lot with this drawing. Tarja’s face and the perspective really drove me crazy as I had nearly no drawing experience. Nowadays I think that this is probably the crappiest thing that I’ve ever created but I wanted to include it in here nevertheless.
I tend to be a very critical person and always look for things to improve in my drawings. That’s not necessarily bad but from time to time this habit prevents me from seeing the good things in my art. So this Tarja portrait is an important reminder for me that I shouldn’t be too critical with myself and that I’ve actually achieved a lot since I started drawing.
Paper size: A4
Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils, charcoal
Time: approx. 4 hours
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