The picture my latest piece was drawn from was a very old photo (actually taken in the thirties). The photo obviously holds great memories of the subjects fourteen year old self. Now in his early eighties, my client asked me to draw from his photo of the days when he was a young lad playing for the 'England School Boys'.I am pleased with the picture and am yet to present it to the commissioner, though I hope this stirs some great memories for him.
Art encaptures a place in time through its style, subject, movement etc. The monochrome finish (graphite pencil on white paper) echos the era that the original photo was taken in, but most importantly the image itself captures the youthfull memory filled days of the now much older and wiser man.
In my opinion the images success will depend on how well he thinks I have illustrated his memory. When he looks back does this come close to what he remembers?
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