Tonight's effort is my version of Joseph-Siffred Duplessis' "Portrait of Benjamin Franklin" that was painted around 1779.
He looks a tad younger in this and maybe a bit less stout than the portrait, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind being either one.
The image was done with mechanical pencil (HB core) with some help from my new 4B pencil. The eyes were filled in using some Derwent water-soluble pencils and a spot of white Signo Pen was added for the highlight. The background was done with Japanese watercolor.
Since late March, I've been planning an international solo trip that included meeting up with friends. The planning is what makes a trip an adventure, and it was definitely fabulous -- now that it is in the rearview mirror -- so to speak. During my two weeks abroad, the sights visited included the: Mauritshuis, a lovely art museum (The Hague, Netherlands) Binnenhof (The Hague, Netherlands) Delft (Netherlands) Kasteel de Haar, a castle (Haarzuilens, Netherlands) Museum Speelklok (Utrecht, Netherlands) Walking Tour of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch Resistance Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) De Oude and Nieuwe Kerks aka old and new churches (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Sainte Chapelle/Conciergerie (Paris, France) Giverny - Monet's residence at one time (outside Paris) Versailles (outside Paris) Musee d'Orsay/VR Event titled 1874 Impressionists First Exhibition
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