John, George, and Dream's Sister

John Lennon, George Harrison, and Death

This one took forever and had quite a few false starts.
Private commission from late last year.  Actually managed to forget about it between applying coats of fixative.

Graphite on 13x17" 2-ply Strathmore Bristol

~R

Sketch Card for April 6 - Beatles 1/4

Love the Beatles.

Love Richard Avedon's B&W photos of them.

With this week only getting four days for sketch cards, the Fab Four seemed like a natural.

Copying the photos in this manner is akin to a master study in many ways; I'm not trying to make new art or interpret as much as study the values and try for a likeness on a very small scale.

The original photographs for this week's cards are the property of Richard Avedon, of course.