And here it is, the final piece in the On The Buses collection. It's Mum,…
Stan Butler
Number five in the On The Buses collection is Stan Butler, played by the late Reg Varney, equally famous for being the first person ever to use a cash point machine in the U.K. Just like all the rest in the collection, it’s clear who this is but the likeness isn’t great. Unless you cover up everything except the eyes. I’ve nailed those. I’ve got “the gaze”. But I’m sticking to this being my take on Stan rather than a portrait of Reg.
Lots of grey, blue and peach in the skintones today – I enjoyed that. And I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to colour in all those huge areas of black. And if I do all the black first, which I did on this one, the drawing feels half finished already and I don’t feel under as much pressure when it comes to the face.
Anyway, just one more to go now. A really difficult one and one that unfortunately doesn’t come with the black uniform.
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