Actually, he's a friend of my dad, from Eire. But when I first met him, apart from his gentlemanly demeanour, I immediately thought he was a lovely specimen. To paint.
Well, he kindly obliged to be photographed by my dad, and here are some preparatory sketches I've done so far. I also did an ink drawing, but I'd mailed it to my dad before it occurred to me to photograph it for this blog. Because I'm a nincompoop!
It struck me to do some lino prints from the studies. None of the photos have inspired me to do an oil painting. Maybe when I next visit Eire I'll ask him if he'd pose for me in his work van, or in dad's woodwork shop. He strikes me as a great 'Poseidon' maybe.
3 comments:
Well thank you very much I loved
the drawings.They are great and the
next time you are in Eire I would
be delighted to pose for you.
Mike from Abbeyfeale.
This is good stuff Steph. I really like the sketches. They are so the Mike I know. especially the one on the bottom left. It seems to capture the 'stillness' of him.
Thank you, both Mike and Bill. I look forward to viewing the rest of the photos you sent me on the memory card, and producing some more works from them.
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