February 26, 2013

A Pencil Portrait

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 I took this photo over 20 + years ago, and thought about doing it in pencil for almost that long.. Sometimes it takes that long to start something.. The original photo is on  this link in my Journey blog.
   The young man is my son. BJ  

14 comments:

  1. Nice work, Barbra, his soul flies on!

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  2. Coming from you Jerry that means a lot..
    Let's hope that is true. BJ

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  3. Can't say it better than Jerry did. Lovely work.

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  4. Fantastic BJ but you know Im a big fan of your graphite work

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  5. Ottimo tentativo,un buon lavoro,complimenti!!

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  6. Your son is gorgeous, BJ. And you can just sense his gentle spirit too. I wish I'd known him back when!

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  7. What a handsome lad! And I love the bird too.
    It's gorgeous :0)

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  8. This is gorgeous BJ..He's handsome and with a very dear kind spirit.. I love this. Hugs to you dear friend!!Diana

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  9. BJ,

    It's beautiful, I'm speechless, it brought tears to my eyes. Your son was a very handsome lad.

    All the best to you,
    Joan

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  10. Diana and Joan, I thank you so much for you kind words.

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  11. Nice one,Barbara..sometime we tend to wait too long; don't we~

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  12. Dear Barbara - what a wonderful tribute - I can only imagine why it took you so long dear one. What a special young man he must have been. Thank you for sharing your heart Hugs Debbie

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