This portraits was drawn from a photograph, just sketched it in and rendered it. The main advantage of these drawings is you can add complex shading and hard and soft lines with pencil that you cannot achieve with a pen. When properly used, graphite pencils and charcoal pencils can create emotionally powerful black and white drawings.
julia roberts
julia roberts
Diana Frances
marilyn monroe
kathrine hepburn
audrey herpburn
lauren bacall
credit: jason-sh