Charles Bronson poster
After seeing 'Once Upon a Time in the West', I was very impressed by lead actor Charles Bronson. I was still a young teenager and from then on I tried to see as many films with Charles Bronson as possible. I've seen good films, but also less beautiful ones, it took me a while to realize that I had probably seen his best performance first.
When we had to portray a famous person in art school, I had no doubts, it was the man whose large poster had been hanging in my student room for a few years, Charles Bronson.
I was about 19 or 20 at the time and it was my first time using that pencil technique for portraits. And I found the result really encouraging...
Charles Bronson here in his iconic role of 'Harmonica' in 'Once Upon a Time in the West'...
... and in 'Hard Times' in which he plays a streetfighter during the Great Depression of 1933 in Louisiana...
...and in 'Chato's Land', in which he is the half-Apache Chato who takes revenge on his racist pursuers... three intriguing characters!
... given some color and contrast here with paint.net ...
... and one more variant.