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Ugochi IV

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Drawing of Ugochi portrayed with graphite pencils on Bristol Vellum paper.

Watching my sister come of age is one of the most joyous things that have ever happened to me, especially as her birthday marks a year further in my artistic journey. I vividly remember my first drawing of her four years ago, which was largely without form due to the absence of shading in my drawings.

Drawing of my sister four years ago.

Within that four-year frame, my drawings have noticeably improved, and I owe that to YouTube realism tutorials from the likes of Silvie Mahdal, Kristen Patridge and so many more graphite and crayon experts who, through their works, inspired me to keep drawing and subsequently improve. I’d also owe the improvement to the spurring support from you, my WordPress family, and also my sister, whose existence and annual voyages around the sun, have fueled the artistic flame further.

I chose this grimacing picture of her for my recent study, as I continue to explore the world of emotive portraiture, and I must say, I’ve picked quite a few souvenirs from my expedition, including this one, and I hope my future collections only get better from this point.

So, without further ado, I’d like to wish my sister a wonderful birthday, with hopes of umpteen more blissful ones to come.

Cheemnonso

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    • Hey, fellow commenter, I’m an “Ana” too! 🙋

      And I, also, am struck very forcefully by the amazing improvement here in only four years ~ and using only the self-instructional tools available on the Web! Many students “priveledged” to attend expensive art schools (where they look down on you, these days, and give you failing grades, if you won’t agree to produce nonsense and ugliness) would be very, very jealous! You go, gurl! 👏👏👏👏

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  8. This is stunning. I love it!! My favourite of yours so far. It’s so well done, such a beautiful young woman, such a beautiful expression, a surreal element, and all imbued with love. Congrats on this amazing progress, and happy birthday wishes for your sis! <33

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  9. I LOVE THIS!!!! WOW. How fun to see Your journey! You really have grown leaps and bounds! I absolutely gasped outloud when I saw her and then was giggling with joy at her expression. Bravo!!! She looks so alive! Her skin looks like silk and I would love to know what’s behind that expression! Happy Birthday to her and Cheers to You!!! 😃💕🤗

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    • Many thanks for your admiration, Katy. I sincerely appreciate it.

      Well, ever since she turned 18, she has been told what to do and whatnot due to some personal reasons. So she had to take a pic where she stayed INDIFFERENT from all destructive criticisms whilst using her cheerful grimace to block out all white noises as she turned 19 (one of the reasons why I hold her dear).

      Thanks for your wishes, Katy, and I’d duly extend them to her🙂💝.

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      • My absolute pleasure, my friend!!! And I LOVE that she’s only 19 but KNOWS who she is and is standing firm, smile/grimacing fantastically while doing so!!! May she find her perfect Light and flourish within it!!! Lord! May we All!!! Thank You so much for sharing this with me! Cheers and Y’all rock on! 💖💖💖

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