“He sets the sails one last time
Saying farewell to the world”
Nightwish – The Islander
After having drawn Nightwish ladies for so long it was just about time to finally give someone else a portrait, too. Nightwish’s very own master of bass, crazy good vocals and stupid jokes: Marco Hietala. Seriously – who doesn’t like Marco? I have always been afraid of drawing him because I know that I suck when it comes to drawing light / white hair. And he has a lot of that. I really wanted to draw him nevertheless and so I decided that I needed to get over that hesitation. I started with drawing Marco’s face as that was a more familiar thing to do before I faced my “fear” and began to work on the hair. I struggled a lot while doing so and though it ended up looking okay in the end, I still wasn’t really satisfied. Because of that it took me some time to regain my motivation for finishing the portrait. In the end, I managed to do so though and completed my work on Marco and the background.
Paper size: A4
Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils
Time: approx. 15 hours
Reference photo used for the drawing was taken by: Markku Hyttinen
Miss Escapist Art 