Friday 22 December 2023

Friday Face OFF -- Man Waiting For His Wife

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party
of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

Here's a graphite drawing
I did earlier this year of a man
patiently waiting on an outdoor bench
for his wife to arrive and take him home
(done in HB, 2B, 4B and 6B pencils).


Actually, this guy was a classmate
of ours in the drawing class.

Our instructor snapped his photo after a class
and then surprised us all in the next class
with the assignment of drawing him!

[Art & photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]

36 comments:

Bob said...

The unsuspecting model! I like it and your drawing.

Pixie said...

You're a good artist.

Moving with Mitchell said...

Another great drawing. I love the background story, too.

Mistress Maddie said...

I wonder if he now knows how famous and featured he may be??? To have so many draw him.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Mistress Maddie -- He was a student in the art class so the next week he had to draw himself along with the rest of us!

Old Lurker said...

So many cloth folds! I know that's your favorite.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Old Lurker -- Yeah, that one arm almost killed me.

Ellen D. said...

That looks great! I really like the shading on his hoodie!

Marcia LaRue said...

LOL ... He was looking a bit suspicious of the picture taker! I wonder how his self-portrait turned out.
I would say your rendering looks pretty darned good!!

Kirk said...

He looks happy enough, and not at all impatient that his wife hasn't arrived yet. No need for a marriage counselor there.

Marie Smith said...

Great job, Debra. You are so talented!

Valerie-Jael said...

Fabulous drawing, Debra, love how you shadowed hed folds, fantastic. I wish you a great weekend and a merry Christmas, hugs, Valerie
PS I got a wonderful tin box filled with graphite pencils and sticks for my birthday, so lovely!

Parnassus said...

Hello Debra, This is a great drawing, but I would not have guessed "waiting for a ride." No one looks this happy while waiting. For a touch of realism, you could have had him looking at his watch.
--Jim

Liz Hinds said...

I especially like his neck and the wrinkles in his sleeves.

Mike said...

You should have given him a double chin just for fun. 😁

This N That said...

You do nice work!!! Happy Holidays...

roentare said...

A very lovely sketch

Tom said...

...after 55 years I have become a patient waiting husband. ☃️ 🎄 ❄️ 🎅🏼

John Going Gently said...

Quite lovely

My dear , I just wanted to wish you all of my love and best wishes for Christmas xx
John xx

The Happy Whisk said...

Excellent work, Debra! Your faces look like photos! So real.

DVArtist said...

Hi Debra. I have told you this before and I will tell you again now. YOU ARE AN AMAZING ARTIST. I so love this guy. You have captured his character perfectly. I love all the folds and shading you do so well. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have the best weekend.

Christine said...

This is so good!

Paula C said...

Great drawing.

DB Stewart said...

You captured something mischievous about him. Impressive.

Joanne Noragon said...

A most excellent drawing.

sirkkis said...

Happy holidays 💖

Mr. Shife said...

Wonderful work, Debra. You are so talented.

Fundy Blue said...

Wonderful sketch, Debra! Terry wouldn't be that patient! Merry Christmas to you and your Rare One!

Adam said...

Very nice

Rommy said...

That turned out really well. You do such a good job with expressions.

My name is Erika. said...

I think every week you have something better to share (than the week before). You are great at catching their expressions. Have a very Merry Christmas holiday. hugs-Erika

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

Lovely drawing

Janie Junebug said...

I'm glad he doesn't look grumpy.

Love,
Janie

Richard said...

There you are, sweetheart! Did you find something good, can we go home now? This bench is breaking my ass.

Richard said...

I liked it better when we were not having to think about Christianity all of the time.
What? I am from Los Angeles. And we are grumpy. Extremely grumpy.
We are so grumpy that we are ready to put Donald Trump in to the manure heap of history.

Poor little Jesus
How was he found
Shot through the heart
Laying cold on the ground.

I think you forget
How blood thirsty we are.

Probably you forgot to remember us.
Maybe you have turned into a Jesus cult

I don't know. I resist Christianity. You can all play with Trump pelota .
Me, my team, we have a goal.

Barbara said...

This drawing is incredible. Pretty soon, you will have to figure out what to do with all the money you make selling your art.