Brilio.net/en - Whats on your mind when you see the picture in this article? It is cool, right? At a glance, it looks like a picture taken by using a camera. In fact, this picture is just the finger painting of Morgan Freeman drawn by using color pencils.
This realistic painting is the artwork of Nestor Canavarro, an illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Having finished the painting, he showcased it in his Behance account.
Finger painting of Morgan Freeman in color pencils by Nestor Canavarro/Nestor Canavarro
I spent about 50 hours in this Morgan Freeman portrait, said Canavarro to Bored Panda.
Finger painting of Morgan Freeman in color pencils by Nestor Canavarro/Nestor Canavarro
Canavarro admitted that he only used color pencils in all the drawing and focused on its skin texture detail. It is not surprising that his final painting looks like a high resolution photograph.
Finger painting of Morgan Freeman in color pencils by Nestor Canavarro/Nestor Canavarro
The skin texture detail, take me a lot of time, he said.
Aside from drawing the portrait of Freeman, Canavarro also painted other celebrities using the same method. Those artists are Robin Williams, Al Pacino, Kate Beckinsale and Evangeline Lilly.