Portrait Drawing Week 4

This week's model was Don, a 70+ year old man. Don introduced himself as a previous bank manager who gave it up after a mid-life crisis and redeveloped a couple of boutique hotels. Subsequently, he was approached at the gym and invited to be a model for a life drawing group. Now, isn't that something, to be requested to model in the nude when you are that age! Anyway, respectable Don agreed and that was the start of his modelling career. He tells us that his children are not comfortable with his new career and do not like any mention of the subject. Don still has a full head of hair, although it is not as lush as it was before. He has very angular features, which makes it a pleasure to draw. We were also asked to use colours this week, white, a mid-tone and charcoal. But my first attempts with just blue and white were interesting and Pina suggested that charcoal not be introduced. Don liked the second portrait - he thought it looked just like himself. I think it is great that we get a range of ages and both genders to model. Drawing perfect female faces doesn't really reflect people we know around us. Also older people have so much more personality in their faces and the lines make it more interesting than young faces.