9″ x 12″, Charcol and Dry Pastel
I drew my family because they are very important to me. I have a pretty big family and each member has a very distinct personality. So what I tried to accomplish through my drawing was portraying their characters without drawing their faces. Facial expression is definitely very important for displaying emotions and character but I tried to focus more on body language in my drawing. How my family is interacting with each other; with their arms around each other, my brother’s arms crossed, my mom’s hand on my sister’s shoulder, etc. really does a good job showing their unique selves. And I know other people looking at it don’t know my family as well as me, but I hope their emotions still show through to them. I was inspired by the style of art that is very minimalistic and shows mostly lines and limited facial features. I’d seen a lot of digital artists do family pictures in that style, so I figured I’d do a similar thing just with charcoal and dry pastels.