Beautiful as always Meli, your portraits always come to life for me, thank you for sharing them :D

This image is wonderful... Face expression, pose, mood, ... - everything is perfect in my eyes.

It is always nice to get a drawing from you.. :) The eyes are really powerful. It makes me feel like I have seen the eyes before but at the same time like I have never seen them. They sure give a sense of mystic&peace. And the rest of the face and drawing are perfectly made too. It is just plain and simple a fantastic pencil drawing. :) I am proud to have it sitting on my wall. And for everything else too. :)

:) ton image est vraiment belle... quand je lai vu je me suis dit elle la fait pour moi hje m'appelle aussi Michael mais pas ris de la me fan! bon tout sa pour dire que tu es toujours aussi talentueuse continue comme Mike :)

beautifu drawing - portrait - as usual from you! your works are something very refeshing here so it is always a pleasure to watch them! great!

Beautifully done!!! Excellent expression!

you keep makeing pictures lovelier dont you :) hugs Wonderfull - Wonderfull Mel

Your modeling seems to be getting increasingly more subtle and your linework more precise. You're making beautiful drawings and piercing studies in feminine beauty. Needless to say I enjoy your work very much. I don't always comment on your pics 'cause by the time I get to them everything has already been said. Your stuff is very popular --and rightfully so ;)

This is really beautiful, I really love it. The eyes are done very well. I can't think of anything that hasn't been said yet...anything constructive that is ;)

Diving with you, diving.....diving........she is beauty again and the knife into the heart....:)

un ritratto molto suggestivo..la forma del viso ed il capello gli conferiscono un'aria molto sensuale...senza dubbi un meraviglioso lavoro.

Oh my gosh, she is SO gorgeous! Like all your other pictures.... Happy Halloween! Heather

Beautiful Meli. Exceptional form. The eyes are beautiful, but so also is the rest of the sketch. Her hair is exceptionally well done and you always do the most wonderful faces!

thank you all so much.. and I still don't remember her name.. ARGH!!! Kisses to you all.. let's pray together as well for the children who died or are still trapped in an Italy school which fell down after a quake. I am watchin this on tv.. it tears my heart out.

SO beautiful and tender... your talent is truly exceptional!! - - Thanks for sharing your gorgeous artwork with us, and many hugs and kisses to you :-)))))))

As usual, it's beautiful... She seems so alive... I can feel her glances (Hmmm... the name... can it be Ines Sastre?)

excellent series, they make a nice group. unbelievable pencil skills - what i like - full white to full black + combines some hard lines and edges + with some smooth textures + in good proportions. and they look "alive", just look at the skin, it glows. i am never this succesful when i try! hot20 today.

Ines Sastre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is :) (she is short and black haired.. but that is!!!! ) Thank you Lucia! :) Now I feel better :)

This is Ercles's vein. I'll speak in a montrous little voice. I am slow of study. I will roar, that I will do any man's heart good to hear me. And thus I do honour thee.

Oh Meli..... this is your best yet... those beguiling eyes stare deep into my soul :-) She's captivating. I love the pose of her arm as well. Thanx for posting... hugs and kisses, Jim :-)

the original picture shows but arms that way, but I didn't like that so I did it in my own way. :) But the good idea for the hand is not mine, so fully credit to the one who shot it (dunno who he or she might be ;) ) Thank you everyone :) and special thanx to you dear Jim :)

Simply gorgeous Meli. You are amazing.

She does have beautiful eyes ;)

ALL the series is brilliant. The characters are lovely and charming. Frankly speaking there is something in common between You and Your characters (especially ## 3 & 5). It's unbelievable how do You manage to express so much in a mere pencilwork. You sure have some secret...

Lovely!

yup again this is damn good - ur tones are improbing from piece to piece! love the way u do hair too!

I really like the way that the lips are drawn. And those eys speek as books, you can olmost see whats on here mind, or at least i want to now!! i mean how can you say no to a beautiful face like that.

Your best portrait to date. Keep this in your portfolio as one of your best works. Beautifully rendered and shaped. My one quibble is in the use of countour lines. It seems as if there are too many 100% black lines; elsewhere ("Eyes5 - Homage to Brent" for example) you use many different shades to show contour. In this piece, in the hair and eyebrows, there are black lines edged by a few light grey lines. While this is certainly a brilliantly contrasty effect, as shown by the "squint test" (in which I purposefully de-focus and partially close my eyes), the overall impression is that this piece is only 80 to 90% finished. That is certainly not the case, this work is exquisitely accomplished; but the edges look too sharp, almost a little harsh. Otherwise, I am proud of your more effective use of white-space in this piece, as compared to others of yours. You obviously weren't afraid to let some of the highlight areas stay mostly white and "empty." (Although on the other hand, the darker portions of her skin could have been slightly darker; but that's definitely just my own subjective opinion.) A great work, definitely an A+!

I dont know what to say... I've been wandering around your gallery and your personal site and I am speechless... Your work is simply amazing and I am in love with your art, I wish I could draw and paint like you do... Outstanding workz... Thank you for sharing them with us, you have a new fan! :riko

G's...some many fans...could you squeeze lil ol' me in there? :o) I think you are a beautiful artist...but when you draw your pictures...who are they of? Your self? Your sister? who?