I included an image of David Gandy at the end of my short story, Roll the Bones and few of you knew who he was. David ranks in the top 10 of Vogue’s list of most successful male models, in fact, number two behind Tyson Beckford. I came across his image in searching for subject matter for sketching. As you might imagine googling ‘male’ or ‘men’ and ‘photography’ yielded some … interesting … results. Nevertheless, when I happened upon the handsome Mr. Gandy, I thought he was just about perfect for sketching. Seriously, look at the facial structure. I bet even his fleshless skull is good looking. As you might imagine, I spent a lot of time trying to find just the right photo to sketch. A lot. Of time. I ended up making his eyes too big. Oh well… Here’s the result:
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
The sacrifices we make for art…… nice work!
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I know! Such a hardship! 😜 Thank you!
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Great job, Meg. It looks like you’re having fun 🙂
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Thanks so much. I am definitely enjoying it!
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Glad you decided NOT to sketch some of the “other” pics you had pop up from your search! Great job on the hair, by the way. 😃
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Right?!? Scandalous! Thank you. I bought this precision eraser that really helps with the blending. 😃
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Indeed, it does. Great job, Doc. 😊
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Thanks again!
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Practice makes perfect …and you’re getting there.
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Thank you! I’m improving in that I’m ‘seeing’ the details better, and as a result, the flaws! But they can be corrected. The overlarge eyes would have been difficult to fix but at least I’m aware of the mistake for next time.
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Warts and all: you’re getting there. You will get better, but you’re doing great right now.
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Thank you again!
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Great job.. I wish I was at that level! 😃
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Thank you Jenn! Keep at it. You’ll get there. 🙂
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This is nice work, I really like the hair and shading on the face – well done! Like Jenn, I can only dream of sketching this good!
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Thank you so much! Well, like I told Jenn, keep at it and you’ll get there. 🙂
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Great sketch
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Thanks Julie!
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He’s #2? Sad. Fake news!
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He’s #1 if you go by the alternative facts, however!
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I thought I was no. 1
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Apparently ‘alternative facts’ are subjective to the reader/writer! #philtaylorsupermodel #philtaylorsexiestmanalive #philtaylor2020
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He is indeed, a beautiful man. You did a great job. You got the shape of his eyes well even if they’re too big.
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I’ve become slightly obsessed with him. I am stalking him on Twitter! Although he has like 120k followers so…. But I do believe I’ll draw him again!
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Oh I’ll look him up. Does he tweet good stuff?
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Well, he’s really into hot sports cars, so there’s quite a lot about that. And he’s an animal rescue advocate so he promotes his charity. And some photo shoot stuff. 😋
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I just looked. He just got a cute little doggie. He seems like a sweet guy. 😀
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I know! I thought so too! A new rescue apparently! 😍
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1980 – he’s not too young for us! 😈
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Hahaha! You are reading my mind. And he’s educated! Not just a pretty face!
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Is he? Ohh. That’s nice!
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Yessssss!
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Amazing work Meg and an amazing model! 😍
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Thank you, Lola! Its so much easier to draw delightful faces and forms. 😉
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Great job and he is rather gorgeous. This is all about that suffering for art thing, right? 😉
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Exactly! Such hardship! 😂
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Well done, you always sketch men. What about keeping Cake happy?
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I do not always sketch men! Natasha? Lauren? Isabella? Besides, David reminds me of someone
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OK you are right, I suppose it is just compared to my site which is pretty much all T&A all the time
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Right? Dreams of Desire? Anyway, can you guess who he reminds me of? 😉
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Kind of… but most people say I look like Jeff Goldblum.
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What?!? No way! Alright, I need more evidence.
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I have one of those faces, people always say I look like someone, some of them I cannot see at all. The Goldblum one is probably the most common.
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Now I’m completely intrigued.
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Of course I am really the re-incarnation of Henry Green
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You tease! Well you know I’m really Patty Hearst so….
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There you go… OK…it’s really late
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I know, if you must go, goodnight 😘
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Don’t you like Goldblum?
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Are you kidding? He’s awesome.
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TV Al as he is called around these parts
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I have no idea what that means
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Al (that’s me) that’s on TV. Whenever he comes in TV we say oh there’s TV Al.
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Ahhh! That’s funny!
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That’s a great sketch. I could easily hire you 🙂
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Really? Thank you! I’ll be right over. Packing bag now… 😃
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You and David Gandy! I don’t get it at all myself but draw him and draw him some more, Meg – you’re doing great and it’s feeding your obsession nicely 😛
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Really? No love for David? How about those cheekbones? 😜
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Nah, he just doesn’t do it for me 😁
So you won’t have to share! 😂
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Alright! I won’t argue with that! 😜
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Bravo Meg xx
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Thank you Daisy!
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Great job Meg, even with the eyes!
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Thank you Peter!
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How long does it take you to do one of these great works of art?
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It depends… this one took 3-4 hours. But a lot of that is staring at it to find my mistakes and correcting them. Sketches of seabirds and the like may take 1-2 hours. And thank you for your kind words!
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Wonderful, Meg 🙂
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This is utterly fabulous. You got that his jawline and hair just right.
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Thank you Vinnie! He has fantastic facial structure, a real pleasure to draw. 🙂
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I can see that it was a pleasure.
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