anthonycstephen

Atlanta Artist • Colored Pencil Photorealism
Instagram Exhibition Archive → @anthopensgallery

[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Locked in. One layer at a time, one session at a time. ✍🏽🎨

Muse - Godfrey (@GodfreyComedian)

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Glad to share my colored pencil drawing, using the one and only @GodfreyComedian as my muse. Still in the early stages, but I’ve really been enjoying the process of building this one up layer by layer, and I’m looking forward to sharing more of the progress with y’all ✍🏽

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Some pieces mean a little more while you’re creating them. This was one of those. 🇺🇸🦅

“250” — Prismacolor premier colored pencil & NuPastel chalk on a 24 × 18-inch paper.

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250 years. One flag. One tribute. 🇺🇸

To honor America’s 250th year, I transformed the Stars and Stripes into the number 250.

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils & NuPastel chalk on 24 × 18-inch paper.

Over 50 hours.

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸🦅

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

“Crown of Silver” ✍🏽

Honored to share my finished colored pencil portrait of Atlanta’s own @ATLShirley. Done with Prismacolor Premier colored pencils and NuPastel chalk on paper, this piece took over 130hrs to complete.

Appreciate everybody who followed the journey🎨❤️✍🏽

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Finally getting a chance to share another update on this one.

Had a few things keeping me occupied lately, so I wasn’t able to move through this piece as fast as I normally would. But I’m glad to finally have the figure of @ATLShirley’s art piece completed, hair and all

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[New Work in Progress]

New colored pencil portrait inspired by Atlanta’s own Shirley Franklin @ATLShirley. Still early in the process, but this one already speaking to me heavy. Been locked in on the face and slowly building the layers up piece by piece.

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Time-lapse of the full process from start to finish. 🕊️

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

I lost my mama 5 years ago today.

Still in the early days of my art back then… she was always there, always looking at what I made, always pushing me.

I leaned into it even more after she passed. Built myself up piece by piece.

Still my reason. 🤍

[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

The journey of “Behind The Lens”

Medium - Color pencil and Nupastel chalk on paper
Muse - Van jones (@VanJones68)
Size - 16 x 20”
Duration - 160hrs
Year - 2026

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Just finished my new piece “Behind the Lens,” featuring @VanJones68

Created with Prismacolor Premier colored pencils & NuPastel chalk on 16×20” paper, about 160 hours of layering tones, reflections, and detail.

Watching a portrait come to life never gets old. 🎨✍🏽

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All done ✔️ … Excited to share the final shots of @VanJones68 drawing with you soon ✍🏽🎨

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Ain’t finished yet, but @VanJones68 already here ✍🏽

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Figure now fully developed on this Van Jones (@VanJones68) portrait. Once everything start sitting together like this, the presence really lock in. Ain’t finished overall, but he definitely here. ✍🏽🎨

Using Prismacolor premier colored pencils on paper

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Skin fully rendered on this Van Jones (@VanJones68) drawing. Tones layered in and texture sitting right where it need to be. Ain’t nothing like seeing the life come through the skin work. ✍🏽

Using Prismacolor premier colored pencils on paper

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Face fully rendered on this drawing of @VanJones68. Always one of my favorite points in the process when everything starts feeling solid. 🎨

Using Prismacolor premier colored pencils on paper

Title: “Behind The Lens”
Progress duration: 100hrs

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Glad to share my new colored pencil drawing “Behind the Lens,” using the one and only @VanJones68 as my muse. This piece is just getting started, and it’s always a good feeling watching the layers come together. Looking forward to sharing more with y’all as it continues to evolve

[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Throwing it back to this painting of the People’s House, The White House, I created five years ago.
Still one of my favorites. 🇺🇸

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Another year covered by God. Ain’t nothing but grace on me. 🙏🏾🎂

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[anthonycstephen @AnthonyCStephe1]

Just finished “Unspoken Gaze • Crowned In Curls.” A 200 hour portrait of Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre), created with Prismacolor pencils and NuPastel on a 16×20” paper.
A deep, meditative process of curls, glow, and texture.
Thank y’all for following all along. ❤️🎨✍🏽