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My third attempt at a Colour pencil portrait of Marilyn Monroe - Faber Castell Polychromos & Derwent pencils (gel pen for some of the hair highlights). I'm not sure who took the original photo, which has to be one of my favorites - downloaded from theplace.ru. I like this image as it is far less contrived, and far from stereo-typical of mot of the images we are more familiar with.

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California , she was later baptized Norma Jeane Baker. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with 20th Century Fox. Her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950), drew much attention. She had her first leading role in Don't bother to knock and 1953 brought a lead in Niagara and no doubt led to her stereo-typical rolls Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits (1961), co-starring Clark Gable , with a screenplay written by her then-husband, Arthur Miller .

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My third attempt at a Colour pencil portrait of Marilyn Monroe - Faber Castell Polychromos & Derwent pencils (gel pen for some of the hair highlights). I'm not sure who took the original photo, which has to be one of my favorites - downloaded from theplace.ru. I like this image as it is far less contrived, and far from stereo-typical of mot of the images we are more familiar with.

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California , she was later baptized Norma Jeane Baker. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with 20th Century Fox. Her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950), drew much attention. She had her first leading role in Don't bother to knock and 1953 brought a lead in Niagara and no doubt led to her stereo-typical rolls Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits (1961), co-starring Clark Gable , with a screenplay written by her then-husband, Arthur Miller .