Manually portraits on wood

This is my father, so does) First polishing plywood, then takes a black and white photo, a carbon, carries a contour on the plywood, and then using the cautery - this is such a red-hot needle burns shades the face, etc. It turns out great, but for some reason on a photo scorched portrait looks worse than it really is





Lady with an Ermine. Painting by Leonardo da Vinci. A2



Painting "Wolf". A3



Portrait A3



Portrait A3, my sister))



Portrait A3. Another one of my sister



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