Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman 

2013

pencils/black pencil

One night, we were once again sitting on the sofa in our living room with my mom, watching TV and Scent of a Woman was about to start. My mom recommended the movie and I stayed up to watch it. It was one of the best movies I've seen. There were some outstanding scenes that were really tangible and honest, for example the Ferrari scene and the pseudo-courtroom scene.

By the end, I was so overwhelmed by the screenplay and the acting that I wanted to draw a portrait of Al Pacino and the same night I started it. I really wanted to capture the feeling on his face through the pencil. There is something marvellously brilliant in the way some actors/actresses are able to portray stories and characters, and by that so many things. It's the same kind of glimpse that you get out of a good song, photograph or maybe silence. Stroke of genius or brainwave, how ever you like to call it and where ever you possibly happen to find you. 

The tools I used were pencils, a black coloured pencil, the reference photograph and erasers. This picture on the right is the cover for the movie.

-Ainur