The Rector by durleybeachbum
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I was at one time on a PCC (Parish Council Committee). I had been co-opted, and agreeing was arguably one of the most stupid decisions of my life! PCC meetings are even worse than school ones, because so-called Christians are too polite to tell people they are talking bo....ks!
Anyway, this drawing is of our rector wishing that God had never invented accountants.
And in particular accountants who like the sound of their own voices so much that they have to read EVERY page of the parish audit to the PCC, in spite of the fact we had each received a copy ealier to peruse at our leisure.
Luckily I had had the forthought to take a sketch book to this rivetting meeting, and this is a good likeness of the poor man in his agony.
He retired and had the original on his study wall, until his death
I am not a naturally good at figure drawing, I take far too long, so you can tell how long I had to get this!
Comments (9)
T.Rex
Very good! You got his face very well - agony indeed! I was treasurer in a small congregation. Budget work and accounting was bad enough, then came closing the books! I kept getting messed up sums and other frustrating things pop up. GLAD when I was freed from it all! I only presented final figures and the other PCC members had gotten print-outs so there wasn't much to say apart from clarifying the occasional question. Nice that you got the sketch back after the poor man died. Keep up the good work. You've got talent! :-)
Faemike55
You can definitely see the agony and frustration in his pose and expression!
Excellent work
wysiwig
"If you leave people alone they will manage themselves." ~ Lao Tzu
Ah, what unpleasant memories this brings back! Managers and other such important people usually sit alone in their big offices. They want to show everyone what excellent managers they are and from time to time they get lonely. So, what to do? Meetings! An exercise in cruelty inflicted upon the hoi polloi by those in charge. This is a terrific character study. Reminds me a little of the 'Thinker' although in this case he is probably thinking of ways to get out of this meeting.
helanker
WELL! You could have fooled me, Andrea. I think you are super great at this and now you told otherwise. I can´t believe you. Perfect perspective, pose and style.
Glendaw
Amazing work and details Andrea.
His facial expression and sitting posture fits your narrative to a tea !
BTW-- you do people perfectly, sorry it takes up a lot of your time.
XxOo
jendellas
Amazing!!!!
sossy
great expression, excellent work! it took about 3 hours to draw that? dont kick me now!!?? 🤐
anahata.c
love Mark's comment, and I'm with Helle too. This is a terrific capture of a complete state of mind. It's in the posture, the face, the way you shaded him, the way he fills up the space---I can see why he had this on his wall. The fact that it takes you a long time to do figure work doesn't mean you don't do it well. This is a terrific drawing. The cross hatch on the glasses really hems him in, he's lost inside himself, frustrated to the core. Terrific. Just terrific. (I'm skipping only so I can get a variety right now...) I had to comment on this, I loved it the minute it went up.
Larry F
Very nice drawing. Please give yourself more credit!