I've been having a pile of fun drawing these last several months. Did you see my blog post from May where I showed off my accomplishments from earlier this year? Lately I've been amusing myself by adding jewelry (yes, with the help of Photoshop), and transforming my pastel portrait beauties into Dunitz & Company jewelry models. I thought it would be fun to share some of my recent "work" here.
It's fun drawing people you love.
And I adore my niece, Lauren. She was quite flattered that I wanted to
draw her. At my request she submitted a few photographs that I could
pick from. After my initial sketch, I added Dunitz & Company's
coral necklace and a pair of
sparkling crystal studs. That worked for the
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My pal Amy also was game to have me draw her. She also submitted a few snapshots for me to choose from. My social post shows her wearing our
embroidered fringe earrings. You too can add some Boho style to your wardrobe.
I have 8 nieces. That gives me lots of opportunity to draw young pretty women. I promise, Rena is not naked in the photo I used. She was wearing a very low cut dress at a wedding we both attended. And I liked her expression. In the in-process drawing, she is modeling our
small rectangle glass earrings and a
matching pendant. Why not? That low cut dress left me a lot of space to add the pendant without interference.
Lately I've been cutting out pics and advertisements from fashion magazines. I've named this woman "Fiction Girl" because somehow I envision her on the cover of a romance novel.
Silly me. I decked her out in Dunitz & Company twice. Once wearing our
long stick glass earrings. The second time with our embroidered flower pendant necklace. (This necklace design is currently available to our wholesale customers at
www.dunitz.com and is not currently available on our retail site. That could change at any time though. Check out our
Huipil Collection for all things embroidered.)
This lovely young woman reminds me of a Disney princess. Maybe it's the hair. She came from an Anthropologie email blast. Anthropologie has some amazing looking women modeling for them. And these days they've added many more models with varying ethnicity. I added
triangle shaped glass earrings in one image. And the other my favorite
embroidered flower earrings, the same style as Amy above.
Another pretty girl. This time the challenge was to master "yellow blonde hair." My girl with yellow hair is modeling one my newest
embroidered earring designs. Fun, right? Click on through to snag your favorite one-of-a-kind pair. Or maybe for your gal pal who enjoys an ethnic aesthetic.
For those of you that work in the fine jewelry and fashion industry, you might be familiar with
In-Store Magazine. I'm on their mailing list. My girl with narrow nose was inspired by one of their cover models. I like their covers because there usually is a photo of an attractive woman that takes up the whole page. It allows me to really see the features and shadows. I decided to dress her up in a pair of our
Van Gogh Almond Blossom Earrings. Chic and very affordable.
Honestly, I don't remember where I discovered this attractive model. What I liked was the hand by her face which provided a new challenge for me. And a red tube top too! I decided this bare midriff woman should wear one of our
worldy coin necklaces.
I'm always looking for new challenges. And this Sports Illustrated swimsuit model did just that for me. A mostly naked body. An arm and hand. Hair that went on forever. Since her hair covers her ears, that wrist was the perfect opportunity to show off a Dunitz cuff bracelet. This design features embroidered butterflies and flowers on recycled denim.
Fondly called Watermelon Girl,
(because for social I decked her out with one of our new fruit stud earring designs) was also an In-Store cover girl. I selected her because again, the image gave me a chance to draw some hands. I've been told this drawing is reminiscent of Modigliani's work. I take it as a compliment. Modigliani's women have really long faces. I'm assuming that is where the comparison comes from.
(At the time of writing this, I have not listed my fruit designs on our retail site. They are however, available for wholesale.)
You've guessed it. As a newly minted portrait artist, I'm always looking for new challenges. This Anthropologie model tested my abilities in drawing hair. I think I was successful communicating her dreadlocks to paper. What do you think? And for fun, I dressed her up on some of our
long skinny glass earrings.
And then there was this. A sweet angelic model, also from Anthropologie. To me she looks like some of the dolls I longed for when I was a tot. Such a sweet face deserved flowers for her ears. Since I adore Van Gogh, I added
Almond Blossom Earrings. (I'm starting to see that I have some favorite designs. I seem to repeat styles that I attach to my social darlings.) The image on the right is true to my drawing. The social post on the left was lightened up quite a bit in Photoshop. This allowed her to look a lot more like a baby girl.
Sketch girl has been posted to IG & Facebook. However, at the time of writing this blog post, I have yet continued with or finished the drawing. This will be a Nancy project for this weekend. If you want to see this drawing finished or watch me as I progress, do follow
my personal IG account. I tend to be a bit of an over-sharer there. Just saying. This full lipped stunner comes from the pages of Sports Illustrated. And she is yes, wearing my favorite
embroidered fringe earrings!
One final portrait I just wanted to share for good measure. I get some of my most pleasure from drawing people I'm fond of. Working in fair trade, over the years, I've made many friends who are quite special to me. Nimet and Fatima are long time friends that no longer work in fair trade. However, that is how we met. And we're friends forever. I decided to draw them from a photo I snapped when visiting them in Canada several years ago. And then I mailed this gift on to them. I never decked them out in my jewelry for social. I do however, know I posted this pic on my personal Instagram feed. Since this portrait was not yet created when I shared many of my
drawings here in May, (
and I'm so proud of all my drawing accomplishments,) here it is for you to see.
So there you have it. As they say, I've killed two birds with one stone. I've shared my most recent portrait drawings. (You now know I love sharing them.) And it's given me an opportunity to show off Dunitz & Company's fair trade jewelry. Keep watching. I'm sure in a few months I'll be sharing another batch. Are you in? -ND
