Carmen and Ari

Completed on May 23, 2017

Subjects:
Carmen, and 2 year-old Ari at an Easter Egg Hunt!

Reference:
A mobile device photo taken by Ari's father

Materials used: 
11x14 Strathmore 400 seriese Bristol Vellum
Caran d'Ache Grafwood graphite pencils 4H-6B
kneaded eraser
skinny eraser

This portrait was done by commission as part of my fundraising for Padres Pedal the Cause. PPTC is a charity bike ride where all participating riders fundraise for the charity, and then do a big bike ride in November. PPTC donates 100% of the funds that are raised directly to 4 world class cancer research institutes in San Diego, CA. The company I work for also matches employee donations, and then in November also matches what I have raised in total. The commission was a $100 donation, which was matched, becoming $200, and then matched again for a total of $400 to local cancer research in 2017.