Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Grandfather

The Grandfather. 240 x 330mm, Pen & ink. ©Sue Pownall 2012
 Started on the 10th June, I finished the 5th Festival Face on the 29th, so it took about the same amount of time as the 1st one, His Brother's Musar.

The WIP photos are below. I've been using Instagram to record all recent drawings, and thought I'd share them here too.
WIP 10th June.
WIP 20th June.

Almost finished 28th June. ©Sue Pownall 2012
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Photo reference supplied and used with the permission of Waleed Mohammed.
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17 comments:

  1. Fantastic piece, his eyes are old but still alert.

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  2. Great to see a step by step. Fabulous portrait :0)

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  3. Those eyes are amazing! Love seeing the steps.

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    1. Have to start with the eyes, if those go wrong then it's all downhill.

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  4. It's so nice to see process/progress. What a wonderful old face...beautifully drawn.

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  5. I think this is one of my favorite pieces....so much wisdom in those eyes. And I always love to see how your sketches evolve. Brava!

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    1. Thanks. It'll be available as a print from FineArtAmerica soon... although the original is available at the moment. :)

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  6. This is wonderful Sue... I can't imagine starting there with the eyes, but I have seen one other amazing artist start that way and sort of work out.

    WOW... I am just learning about Instagram... Think I'd like to try it.... thanks for the idea memory jog...

    Also... Next year I expect to see your work in the Jerwood Drawing Prize list... Okay??

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    1. Jerwood prize list??? - I am so flattered Marian! I'm not eligible whilst I don't live in UK, but who knows where I'll be next year.

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  7. A wonderful drawing of a face filled with character. Excellent work as always.

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  8. Marvelous drawing. I like the simplicity of your approach. The eyes speak volumes and your rendering of the texture of his skin is brilliant.

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  9. Wow, such a delicately drawn piece and yet his face is full of his long life and of wisdom too. I was interested that you start with the eyes too, but aren't they supposed to be the mirrors of our souls? Lovely work Sue :)

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  11. What a beautiful face--he has a lot of character and your drawing communicates it.

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