The Study of Dylan McDermott

5"x5" Mixed Medium

Study of Dylan McDermott

Subject:  Actor Dylan McDermott. This handsome actor is best known for the television show, The Practice, and movies Steel Magnolias, Olympus Has Fallen (by one of my favorite directors, Antoine Fuqua!)

Medium: Pen and Ink, color pencil, pictures of sparkling bubbles

Concept: To create an unique background for the portrait of the actor. Also a bonus, play around with his eye color.

Study of Clint Eastwood

Pencil 3"x5"

Study of Clint Eastwood 

Clint Eastwood has such an expressive face (animated) with the intense stare or glare and the high contrast of black and white was enough for me to start sketching. What I always admired about this actor is his determination to follow his own creative vision instead of trying measure up to everyone else. It paid off because,

 1. When he began in “Hollywood” in his twenties, he was rejected from roles because his Adams Apple was too big, he spoked slowly and his voice was too low.

 2. Early in his career, during breaks on the “set”, he studied the behind the science of production and direction. 

3. His “Spaghetti Westerns” were different from the typical Hollywood standard. 

4. He was one of the few actors who acted, produced and directed their movies.