Ink Wash Portrait of Katya P waiting at Casting 2010. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
I photographed this two years ago, and while working on the portraits of Fei Fei Sun, I found this image of Katya P. I always like her casual stance dressed in her casting clothes of pleated trousers and white tank while juggling her Starbuck Coffee and Mobil phone.
Ink Wash Portrait of Fei Fei Sun During Fittings 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
Two of three of the Fei Fei Drawings I’m working on. This quiet moment is while fittings were taking place. One of the interesting things about documenting the fitting on a runway show is how much focus changes from person to person, sometimes the model is focus sometimes the model focuses on design, or the dynamic between designer, creative director and stylist. The expressions are natural, simple, and reflect a bit about what is going inside the person instead what the person is trying to project. It’s these moments that I’m attracted to.
Small Portrait of Fei Fei Sun. 9x12 ink on Bristol paper.
I have made portrait drawings and painting of Fei Fei before and I will make a few more shortly. What makes her such an intriguing person is how little she actually does for the camera. I think of her posing (at least when I was photographing her) as difference between acting for film, in which subtle moves convey so much more, and acting for the stage in which actors must project large expressions and emotion to reach audience. With small shifts in expression and body movements she creates such graceful poses.
Small Portrait of Ginta Lapina 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper. Another one of my favorite Blonde on Blonde models. Ginta is a blast to work with. She has a great sense of humor and like many of the women I have drawn as part of this series, she is even more stunning in person.
Small Portrait of Linnea Regnander in fittings. 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper.
Linnea is another classical beauty. Face that Frederick Lord Leighton would have painted. Strong bone structure with soft features. Every elegant and athletic in her movements. A nice balance between confidence, femininity, and carefree.
Nimue Smit waiting for fittings. 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper.
Her beautiful large doe eyes and naturally rosy cheeks give Nime a porcelain doll appearance but beneath that exterior is strength, beauty, and little boredom between fittings.
Small Portrait of Jana Knauerova from AW11 Casting New York. 9x12 ink on Bristol paper. I'm not sure if Jana still has this hair style but I loved it on her. The short blonde pixie cut with her skin tone blended together in a continuos tone interrupted by dark eyebrows (Brooke Shields intensity brows) and her piercing eyes. She has the most beautiful eyes with dark rims on the outside of the iris.
Small Portrait of Tao Okamoto from Fittings AW2012 New York. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
I stopped cold when I first saw Tao at a casting. She had her Peggy Moffit Vidal Sassoon 'bob' hair cut. Who was this beautiful woman? I finally was able to meet her last year during casting and fittings while she had this pixie cut. Very cool, very beautiful, very professional- wonderful to work with. The shows I have seen online it looks like she is growing out her hair. At the Akris show in Paris it looks like they gave her extensions. She looks amazing in anything. If you haven't seen this Emporio Armani Campaign Video, she takes a star turn.
Small Portrait of Alina Baikova. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper. I think if William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti would have fallen in love with Alina. She has the features that would have inspired their ideal sense of beauty.
Small Portrait of Hanaa ben Abdesslem. 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper.
I took some quick snap shots of Hanaa in casting and what a beautiful women she is. Comfortable with her strength and that hair of hers looks amazing. She has a kind of Isabella Rossellini presence about her that is very magnetic.
