All my creative pursuits.
A sketch of the lovely Audrey Tautou who plays Amelie in the film of the same name. If you haven’t seen the film, you may be wondering about the spoon – Amelie loves to crack the burnt sugar on the surface of creme brûlée. Had a lot of trouble with the right eye. Gave up and called it done after a lot of erasures!
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:
The beautiful Isabella Rosellini in a photo from the height of her career. I don’t know the exact date. Isabella’s look was so simple and so elegant, I tried to emulate her style when I was a younger woman. I did not do her justice with my sketch, but I’m such a fan that I wanted to try.
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 