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.
Ink wash Portrait of Stephanie Shui. 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper.
This is from casting shots I took of Stephanie a year ago. Beautiful, funny, and down to earth. I love her eyes and dimples contrasting the strong edge of her chin. She is also very talented abstract artist. Check out her work on her website: http://www.stephanieshiu.com/
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 Ruby Aldridge. 9x12 ink on Bristol Paper.
Ruby has such an interesting face. Her features are very elegant and slightly uneven which gives her the grace of a ballerina but the dreamy look of Pre-Raphaelite painting.
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.
Small Portrait of Hyun Yi Lee. 9x12 Ink Wash on Bristol paper.
I only met Hyun Yi very briefly, but I took some shots of her while she was waiting for casting. The thing that stood out was how effortlessly cool she moved.
Small Portrait of Juju. Ink wash on 9x12 Bristol Paper.
Juju is very fun girl to photograph, I have plenty of out takes of her clowning to the camera. A joy to work with. I love that her eyes slightly turn down, which gives her a subtle mysterious presence.
