Today I drew Sarah before we went to the gym. Sarah spent her 10-15 minutes looking at the No Doubt CD (Tragic Kingdom) which was sitting on top of the stereo. While I was drawing her she told me about how she and her ex-boyfriend's mom and her shared their looks and interests in common. One example is a talent for writing; Sarah is a brilliant fiction writer, which is such a known fact that her parents heard it through the grapevine. Sarah moved her arms around a lot so I couldn't really correct them, but judging from her position in this picture I think she likes the drawing even though her body is pretty out of proportion. Here is a closeup of the face:
The first time I depicted Sarah 2-dimensionally was in an oil painting in May of 2007. I was doing a painting series about the way that the internet and computers isolates people. My sitter for this particular painting was upset with the way I depicted him (sick and lonely) and about the connotation of the paint color (green). At the time I misunderstood his anger and had nightmares that he would come into the studio at night and destroy it, despite the fact that it was due in a week. I clearly needed a quick solution! So Sarah saved the day (and my conference work) by offering her lovely face. Mostly what I changed about his face is the many little planes on the nose, made his eyelids look thinner, and his lips rounder on the sides. Below is the Martin-Sarah hybrid, in a piece titled "Hybrid" (to play on the organic/geometric//human/machine concept).
Sarah's rating: 4 out of 5
