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This is the third piece completed for my undergraduate thesis project. Kendrick Lamar has 29 Grammy nominations and 7 wins. When his album DAMN. was nominated for Album of the Year, I felt compelled to make an artist's portrait of him to symbolize his monumental success and influence on rap as a genre. I used Botticelli's Portrait of a Man with a Medal as a reference.
I used Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, Watercolor, and Acrylic for this piece. 22" by 30"
2018
Finished!
CD in process
Working on background...
I used ink marker for his skin!
beginning work on the face
Initial sketch with frame