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Jackie Chan

A small pen & ink study of my favorite martial arts movie star--Jackie Chan! The reference photo was from his younger days when he started out in the Hong Kong movies.I enjoy the humor and creative choreography he puts into his movies-

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tim linville 18 Dec 2010

Excellent use of pointelism!(Did I mispell)?Jackie's one of My Favorites.His fighting Style alone,is to be Admired.Ever notice how He never attacks?But,yet...only Defends aggression down...until it's out cold!Well Done,Kathryn!

Claire Wilson 09 Apr 2009

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

Laurin Swango 13 Dec 2007

awesome job! Stippling sure takes forever... I admire your patience! Jackie Chan's awesome... check out my drawing of him in his older days :)

sheila stanley-powell 16 Oct 2007

your stippeling is really great. wonderful likeness of a great man.

Dennis Malcolm 11 Sep 2007

Cool portrait! (^_^)

Robert Reeves 28 Aug 2007

Great work, Kathryn. I'm a huge fan of his early Hong Kong work. wonderful portrait.

Janet Gioffre Harrington 01 Aug 2007

Kat, this is AMAZING. This work is award winning.

Lucia Stewart 28 Jul 2007

Stunning technique in this portrait kathryn!

Mark Saxton 28 Jul 2007

great piece. nice stippling work.

Kathie Nichols 21 Jun 2007

You have a wonderful talent Kathy! Oh how I wish I could draw portraits :( Outstanding work!

Jean M. Laffitau 17 Jun 2007

An excellent portrait of an outstanding artist/actor!

Atamjeet Singh Bawa 03 May 2007

amazing!!!! keep it up...

Maurizio Miele 10 Apr 2007

Great work !

Naomi Santiago de Malave 09 Apr 2007

marvelous

jamie winter 31 Mar 2007

fantasitic work kathryn. amazing portfollio, jamie

Amy Jordan 07 Mar 2007

you really know how to capture a person's spirit. bravo!

Terri Hindmarsh 19 Feb 2007

wonderful image!!!

Cynthia DeMaio 04 Feb 2007

Excellent likness Kathryn, sorry I've been away to see your new pieces.

Tom and Susan Repasky 29 Jan 2007

This is perfect Kathryn!! Excellent attention to details in this wonderful portrait of Jackie Chan!! This is so very realistic looking!! Exceptional work!! ~S

Ruth Kauffman 25 Jan 2007

This is a wonderful portrait, Kathryn!! Great pen and ink work!!

Cindy Lambert 24 Jan 2007

This is wonderful, Kathryn!! Love Jackie Chan as well! ;)

debbie collier 24 Jan 2007

Awesome work!!

Chas Sinklier 23 Jan 2007

I like Jackie - he's accomplished a lot - that dot shading is nice in this piece K --:0)

Ginger Lovellette 22 Jan 2007

You certainly have captured him! Wonderful work. Your whole portfolio is fantastic!

Steve Farr 19 Jan 2007

Excellent, Kathryn! Jackie Chan is one of my favorites also!! Take care!!

thea walstra 19 Jan 2007

Excellent work Kathryn

mark lane 19 Jan 2007

Excellent work, Kathryn. Have you ever made any instructional DVD's of yourself creating one of your portraits, especially in colour pastel? If so, I'd love to buy one!

Zachary Goodson 19 Jan 2007

great stipple

John Graham Inkson 19 Jan 2007

Very skillful control of the medium, and exact likeness of the time.

Gautam Thoidingjam 19 Jan 2007

Just so awesome!!! I just can't describe it Kathy!!! This just so good!!! You are great!! Keep it coming!!!

david porfirio 18 Jan 2007

you never cease to amaze me, this is great looks like jackie , kathy-san this piece reminds me of wheels on meals era jackie tick tock tick tock

Jerry 18 Jan 2007

Most excellent or great portrait!

Renata Cavanaugh 17 Jan 2007

I have to try this techinque sometime. You did awesome. Excellent portrait of him Kathryn

Aris Stathakis 17 Jan 2007

Great portrait Kathryn, amazing!!

Natalie G 17 Jan 2007

Kathryn, truly an excellent work. He's amazing person - so full of energy and life. You do have a lot of patience, dear. Wonderfully done pointilism.

John Helms 17 Jan 2007

Good work, Kathryn - this is a good example of pointilism. I had a good friend ( now deceased ) who was also very good at this style of pen & ink. I know you have to have a lot of patience to do this kind of work and you can't make any mistakes.(G)

Leah Jaarveth 17 Jan 2007

really awesome portrait of an awesome person :)

Emily Reed 17 Jan 2007

GREAT PORTRAIT, KATHRYN!

helen tyralik 17 Jan 2007

lovely portrait work

Alberto D'Assumpcao 17 Jan 2007

Splendid portrait, Kathryn! Perfectly rendered!

Christine brand 17 Jan 2007

YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT ARTIST...I ADMIRE ALL YOUR WORKS...JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND TELL YOU THAT I THINK OF YOU ALWAYS. BANDIT AND I ARE STILL HANGING IN THERE. HOW ARE YOU SISTER?

Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 16 Jan 2007

brilliant and beautiful work!!!!!!

Loredana 16 Jan 2007

AWESOME PEN AND INK KATHERINE

eileen martin 16 Jan 2007

incredible work:)

bianca 16 Jan 2007

FANTASTIC TALENT...alwsys in awe at the work like this one...

K L Marsala 16 Jan 2007

no way! i adore jackie! kathryn girl u just plain ol rock!

Patrick Boyle 16 Jan 2007

very good likeness of him Great work!!!!