Jimbo

More Tuesday portraiture and it’s another bassist and Facebook friend.  This is Jimbo, a mate from school, bassist with grungy rock duo Matildaz and a really good artist.  You can find some of his work at https://www.saatchiart.com/jamesjackson.  I find it amazing to think that two out of five of us in that A Level chemistry class went on to sell our own artwork.  Actually, make that at least two because one of the others could have ended up as an artist for all I know.

Just like with Roy, I searched through Facebook for someone that would make a good model.  And I can confirm that Jimbo is a good model.  He has a beard for a start, which makes things easier.  The drawing ended up showing (at least to me) a genuine likeness with a combination of twinkling eyes and world weariness.  Just as with Roy, I dropped some of the clothes colours into the skin tones but, this time, I also  made sure one of the clothes colours matched his eyes.

This isn’t up for sale, but it’s yours for free, Jimbo, if you want it.

Stop press – the favour has been returned.  Here’s Jimbo’s portrait of me.  Instantly recognisable as me but also instantly recognisable as his work.