Andy Leslie's
Portrait Drawings
Andy Leslie’s gallery is truly an amazing sight. His realistic portrait
pencil drawings are simply stunning. The theme of Elvis Presley pencil
drawings is probably one of the best I can imagine.
We all know Elvis and therefore can see how awesomely well he captures
his face features and expressions. These realistic drawings truly look
like photos!
Drawing realistic portraits of people may be quite a challenge. Most of
us are drawing them from photos because that is one of the easiest ways,
yet not everyone is able to capture the very essence of the portrait.
Human face has a very specific set of characteristics. Someone can learn
and master those just by intuition and a little practice, while others
need to study the proportions, dimensions and shapes like math.
In portrait drawings, if you make a slight mistake, a wrong pencil
stroke on critically important place, it may completely affect the
entire portrait. Those subtle strokes and lines, those super tiny
details are the most important factors.
Did you know that every face is defined by the following 3 features?
- the eyes
- the nose
- the mouth
If you get these three done right, then the rest of the face – even if
you make some slight mistakes – will look like the person’s true
portrait.
If the portrait you draw is someone famous, like a musician, a celebrity
or a historical figure, then it is even bigger challenge because
everyone knows the face, and the judgment can be severe…
…if you make any small mistake, everyone can recognize that almost
instantly, so the audience pressure for “perfection” is even harder. But
let’s not slip into that useless “pressure cooker”. This website is not
a drawing competition or perfection and no pressure is required.
We all want to feel at ease and relaxed. We are learning how to draw
here. It is also very natural that not all drawings or sketches would
look like a photocopy, and that is the beauty.
As Andy Leslie often comments on himself, he is still learning the art
of realistic drawing. We can all see the significant progress on each of
his portrait drawings.
Enjoy Andy Leslie’s Realistic Portrait Drawings
If you are portrait drawing enthusiast, or you just want to learn how to
draw portraits, Andy’s page may be a perfect place to observe the
details on these drawings.
I believe you can get a lot of inspiration from his awesome artwork and apply those experiences to your own portrait drawings.
Marilyn Monroe Drawing By Andy Leslie
My latest drawing in my legends collection
Freddie Mercury Drawing By Andy Leslie
I'm working on a Legends Series of Drawings and this is my latest
Elvis Presley Drawing No 32
I've tried using more colour with this one
Bruce Lee
My latest attempt at realistic portrait, The Legend Bruce Lee.
Elvis Presley Drawing No 31
latest drawing in my attempt to draw more realistic
Elvis Presley Drawing No 30
I think after two years practice my realistic portraits are starting to get there
Elvis Presley Drawing No 29
My latest coloured pencil drawing of Elvis, I've tried to capture the spiritual side of Elvis
Elvis Presley Drawing No 28
This is my first attempt at drawing gold
Elvis Presley Drawing No 27
I think this is one of my favourites I've done to date
Elvis Presley Drawing No 26
Still learning to draw portraits with coloured pencils
Elton John Rocket man Drawing
I was asked if I would do a portrait of Elton for a charity Auction and this is how it turned out.
Elvis Drawing No 25 Angel
This is a coloured pencil drawing, my reference photo was in black and white and thought id see if I could do it in colour, I think its my best one so far. I've called it Angel.
Elvis Presley Drawing No 24
Coloured pencil Drawing, I've done this one for an Elvis exhibition in Scarborough
Elvis Presley Drawing No 23
After learning to draw more Realistically for 14 months I'm now learning to draw with coloured pencils, this is my third attempt.
Elvis Presley Drawing No 22
My second drawing with coloured pencils, I've learned a lot about how to use the pencils with this drawing, I think the left side of the jacket is better than the right as I got better at using the pencils as I went along.
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 21
Been learning to draw more realistically for 14 months now and this is my first one ever with colored pencils
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 20
My first drawing this year, been drawing for 14 months now learning to draw more realistically
John Lennon
First time drawing John Lennon in my attempts to draw more realistically
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 19
Been drawing for 11 months now this is my latest Elvis drawing
Star Wars Daisy Ridley Drawing
My latest drawing is of Daisy Ridley from Star Wars. More practice in my attempt to draw more Realistically
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 18
learning to draw more realistically
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 17
Learning to draw more realistically No.17
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 16
My 16th drawing of Elvis in my attempt to draw more realistic portraits
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 15
Been learning to draw more realistically for about 10 months now and people say this is my most realistic yet.
Elvis Presley - Drawing No 14
My latest drawing of Elvis has gone to live in The Rock & Roll House Benidorm
Elvis - Drawing No 13
Latest portrait of Elvis, learning to draw more Realistic portraits.
Elvis - Drawing No 12
Latest learning project, trying to draw more realistically
Elvis Presley Drawing No 11
Over the past 6 months I've been learning how to draw portraits more realistically, I think I'm starting to get better.
Elvis Presley Drawing 10
Been trying to learn to draw more realistically
Elvis Presley Drawing 09
Trying to get better at realistic drawing
Elvis Presley Drawing 06
My second attempt at drawing leather
Elvis Presley Drawing 05
Trying to learn to draw more realistically, think I'm starting to get better.
Elvis Presley Drawing 04
Trying to get more realistic with my drawing
Elvis Presley Drawing 03
I'm trying to draw more realistically
Elvis Presley Drawing 02
I'm trying to get more realistic with my drawing, this is my second attempted.
Elvis Presley Drawing 01
Not drawn for about 10 years, this is my first attempt and would like to learn more about drawing.
Gordon Hendricks Drawing
A drawing of the Elvis tribute Artist Gordon Hendricks. This is my first attempt at drawing leather.
Realistic Drawing 01
I'm trying to draw portraits more realistically, I think they are starting to get better.
Jes 01
I'm learning to draw more realistically
Andrew 01
Learning to draw more realistically
Visitors Personal Gallery Pages
Please see and enjoy the following collection of personal galleries. We all believe you will have a lot of fun. Observing others’ artwork is always, always very inspirational. You may get some new ideas for your own drawings.
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Theme Based Visitors Galleries
The following Theme Based Galleries are a collection of selected drawings from various authors based on a certain theme. I would like you to get as much inspiration as possible for your own drawings.
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Latest Visitor's Drawings
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Imaginary pens art
Mar 23, 23 10:55 PM
A colourful scene,having a sense of realism. -
Simona Halep drawing of romanian tennis player
Mar 23, 23 10:54 PM
Sketch a black and white portrait of the professional tennis player from Constanta, Romania. She was number one in the WTA ranking between 2017 and 2019, -
Imaginary pens art
Mar 20, 23 03:45 AM
Beautiful and colourful forest. -
Imaginary pens art
Mar 20, 23 03:39 AM
This type of colourful scene is not common in my country.But it is very attractive. -
Dictatorship vs Democracy
Mar 20, 23 03:19 AM
Dictatorship vs Democracy -
Imaginary pens art
Mar 13, 23 04:58 AM
A forest dominated by green colour. -
Heart Directing Mind
Mar 11, 23 09:29 PM
Heart Directing Mind -
My first color portrait it's Chris Evans captain America
Mar 10, 23 02:39 AM
I usually use graphite to do my portraits but my children kept at me to use color in my art. So I have taken up color pencils faber castell polychromos -
Tiger with reference photo at top
Mar 10, 23 02:31 AM
Hi, this is my first colored pencil drawing so tried a tiger I hope you all like and thanks. -
Drawing of Maison Eureka
Mar 09, 23 02:17 AM
This old house is located at Moka village in Mauritius.It is now a restaurant. Direct pen art. -
National history museum in Mauritius
Mar 09, 23 02:15 AM
Direct pen art. It is located at Port-Louis, the capital of Mauritius. -
Feet Licking
Mar 09, 23 02:07 AM
Feet Licking -
My first Disney Princess
Mar 09, 23 02:04 AM
Rapunzel is known for her beautiful long hair. -
Four imaginary pens art
Mar 06, 23 01:47 AM
Most of my art are monochromatic, either black or blue. So here are four colourful ones. -
The Warpling and Luna
Mar 04, 23 02:42 AM
This is an illustration of my characters the Warpling (the blue creature), and his companion called Luna, running through the fields of an alien planet