These are two 10-minute studies and one 1-minute study of Y- , who was at the TSA on Thursday night. Owing to a big book give-away at OCAD, I missed the first set of poses he did.
I know Y- from a long time ago, and he is an active portraitist himself. He adjudged the face study as having `pathos', which is okay in my books.
I might add that for me, a portrait study looking right into someone's eyes is the hardest to draw, as I still feel awkward meeting my sitter's gaze. I had a sense that Y- didn't feel uncomfortable at all meeting my gaze - or having mine meet his - and that helped. Usually any degree of likeness goes out the window in that situation, but this does have a good sense of Y- about it, in my mind.
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