Custom Pencil Portrait Drawings
16" x 20" Custom Pencil Portrait. Made to Order, Handmade. UNFRAMED. I can do Portraits of Women, Men, Children, Celebrities, even your Pets!!! Makes an awesome gift to someone. Your friends and family will be amazed on how the finished product looks. ORDER DETAILS: Email a high resolution photo at least 300DPI, close up photo of subject. The closer the better to get details.
Meet the Maker
Josephine DaCosta
Josephine DaCosta Art Design
Skilled Portrait Artist in Pencil and Collage with Magazine Papers & Strips
I work with wide array of mediums from pencil, paint, sculpture, paper, printmaking, photography to digital art. I believed that being open to different art forms gave me a broad perspective of the arts allowing me to mix different art forms together to create new styles and unique works of art.
I mastered drawing realistic portraits in pencil. In 2000, I began experimenting in adding mixed media to my penciled portraits. I took magazine papers, and started cutting paper strips and shapes of colors needed to fill in the drawing of a face. I layer each strip as if "painting" with paper. The magazine is my color palette. Each paper strip represents a "brushstroke." The final result is always better than I ever imagined and such a conversation piece.
I do commission work of my portraits in pencil and my unique collage style. I have been in several groups shows and exhibitions. I truly enjoy what I do. I put my heart and soul into every piece I create. I really feel blessed to have such a talent to share with others.