Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Kiera Pannell, Reading, Berks, UNITED KINGDOM

Thanks Kiera . . great having so much mail arrive from you . .  if you have a chance I'd like to know more about the portrait.
Thanks again.
Best from over here.
M.

1 comment:

mspannell said...

Dear Mme Mailarta-

Yeah, I figured that I should spread the wealth, so to say. I just decided to mail everyone who shared the same address on Broad st.

The dude in the portrait (and it`s not a good likeness) is Roy Rogers. I don`t tend to draw people that I have a emotion connection to - I choose people based on their facial features. They have to have an interesting face. In Roy`s case, it was the mischief in his eyes. It`s drawn using a variety of sharpies, one colour at a time. I use the contrasts and overlapping colours to build up the contours and shading to the face.

Robert Rudine, "Dogfish" Tui-Tui, Seattle, Washington, USA

Thanks Robbie . .  this one floated around the 780 building for weeks  . . it ended up being hand delivered to my door yesterday . .  the ma...