A Portrait Sketch of Jim

I did a portrait sketch (above) of my old pal and one of my favourite models, Jim Lucey.
He has a great presence and wonderful concentration as a model.
Like me, Jim is a bit of a history buff.....you can follow his interest in Ancient Rome on his FaceBook page.
I took a video of the process which was a bit tricky this time.
I'll see if I can edit it down and I'll post it at some future time.
Below are two older studies I did of Jim.

Portrait of Jim Lucey

Here's another life drawing I was very happy with.
It's as much a portrait study as a figure drawing.
I have gotten to know the model, Jim Lucey, very well over the years.
I don't think a connection with the model is essential to create a good drawing, but it certainly seems to help me.
Jim is particularly good at holding his pose, and he would concentrate very hard on keeping his eyes and his expression fixed too. Unfortunately, some life models tend to let their eyes drift all over the place.


I used red wax stubby crayon, and white chalk on Ingres paper for this one. The thick stubby crayon stops me getting involved with too much finicky detail.