Artist Draws Realistic Portraits Using Color Pencils

“After the first portrait I drew in my high school art class, I became captivated with the challenge of photorealistic drawing and the meticulous attention to detail that it required,” says Heather on her website. “The labor-intensive commitment to photorealism caused me to feel driven to continue improving my technique.”

It takes from a few to hundreds of hours for this talented 25-year-old artist to finish a drawing, but every single of them is special in its own way.

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