SamArtDog: freud at forty

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

freud at forty

I sketched this portrait of Lucien Freud at forty

from a photo in VF.

What a guy.

13 comments:

Celeste Bergin said...: very cool Sam...I like these sketches!; December 18, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Casey Klahn said...: Very nice: the personality you have revealed.; December 18, 2012 at 6:51 PM
http://carolking.wordpress.com said...: Great Sketch.; December 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Katherine van Schoonhoven said...: Nice! Graphite creates an intimate connection between the artist, the subject, and the viewer. This sketch of Freud is a perfect example!; December 19, 2012 at 9:02 AM
andrea said...: Nicely done. You make me want to return to the pencil and sketch pad!; December 19, 2012 at 9:24 AM
SamArtDog said...: Nice of you to say, Celeste. I like how your sketches are so yours, like in your own handwriting.; December 19, 2012 at 2:38 PM
SamArtDog said...: Thanks, Casey. Your words have weight.; December 19, 2012 at 2:40 PM
SamArtDog said...: Carol, you're good to say so. Thanks.; December 19, 2012 at 2:44 PM
SamArtDog said...: Katherine,
Drawing with graphite on the right paper is almost like channelling.; December 19, 2012 at 2:47 PM
SamArtDog said...: Andrea,
Never hesitate to draw. Our sketchbooks are a comfort.; December 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Nora MacPhail said...: Wonderful sketch. He was quite fascinating. He did a full length self portrait near the end of his life which is just stunning.
Happy Holidays.; December 20, 2012 at 1:02 PM
hw (hallie) farber said...: What a guy is right--you'd think he might show a bit more skin. Is this a recent VF? I haven't unwrapped the last few.

I think I might know the person from your previous sketch--he shows up occasionally in my sketches, usually smiling, never speaking. Careful--you might be tuning in to my channel.; December 20, 2012 at 8:13 PM
SamArtDog said...: Hallie,
He did show more skin on the facing page (Feb 2012), painting half-bare in 2005. Dude.; December 21, 2012 at 3:27 PM

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