Friday 21 February 2014

FACE NO 22 FOR 29 FACES FEBRUARY

FRIDAY, 21 FEBRUARY - FACE NO 22

Pit Artists Pen and Coloured Pencil - by Jez
Face 22 was inspired by a newspaper photograph which I cut out and kept for a future drawing.  The photo accompanied a funeral report in the local newspaper of Rabbi Sidney Kaye who died December 2013.  He looked a kind, caring, compassionate man, who perhaps had seen more sadness in his life than he should have done.

In this case, I do mean that I was 'inspired', not just by the photo but by a brief summary of his life story which formed part of the report.  Rabbi Kay, who was not then a rabbi but an ordinary soldier, was involved in the liberation of Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp at the end of WW2, and was able to give comfort to people who were sick and/or dying by speaking to them in their own language.  It was later in his life that he became a rabbi.

When I had completed the sketch I remembered that a couple of years ago I drew a quick sketch of the very same person, when his photograph was in a newspaper report about a local social event.


It is interesting to see the changes in his appearance two years later - the glasses, the fuller beard and a few more age lines delineating the structure of his face.



AND HERE IS THE ROUND-UP OF THE WEEK'S FACES

SATURDAY 15

Painted entirely with my fingers

SUNDAY 16

My attempt at cross-hatching

MONDAY 17

Flourishes in Shades of Red

TUESDAY 18

Drawn entirely with a sewing needle and ink

WEDNESDAY 19

Faces found in a watercolour scrap sheet 

THURSDAY 20


LINKING TO 29 FACES FEBRUARY 2014, PAINT PARTY FRIDAY, PAPER SATURDAYS, ARTISTS PLAY ROOM

21 comments:

  1. That's a great sketch Jez, and an interesting story. I'm glad you're posting an overview 'cos I missed the last two. Love those faces you found in that scrap sheet, and the last one looks very interesting, so I'm now heading over to that post to see what you did :-)

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  2. Great work this week, and my fave is the story and drawings of Rabbi Kaye. Valerie

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  3. Great story Jez and love your Rabbi. Smashing to see all your work for the week displayed like this. Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Jez, you have been busy and your style has changed so much since last year, my friend.Love all of them!Your creativity has no boundaries and I think that it is the basic ingredient in our lives.Have a magical day, my friend!

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  5. wow Jez-what a great variety of portrait styles! That is something how you recalled and sketched the rabbi before.You've done a wonderful job of capturing what you wrote about him.

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  6. Happy Friday! Beautiful work this week too! I very much like the portrait of the rabbi and the parallel with the older version of it. He must have been a charismatic person, who caught your attention twice over the years. :)

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  7. wow!!! great work on your faces!!!! Happy PPF and I wish you a wonderful weekend!!!!

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  8. I like the story of the rabbi and his face is very interesting. Great work. Happy PPF!

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  9. Excellent drawing of the rabbi. There is kindness in his face along with the age-related wrinkles. Beautiful job, Jez.

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  10. I'm really going to miss your face challenge when it's over...I love all your totally wonderful unique and different creations...so much fun to see what you'll come up with next. The fact that they are hands on art makes them all the better to me.

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  11. Wonderful work! A lot of varietry.

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  12. Fabulous faces! Wonderful job with the Rabbi.

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  13. Your portrait of the rabbi is adorable, the brown eyes, the nose, the whole expression. And the portrait you had drawn earlier is so intresting to compare with the face. Beautiful faces the whole week. Only one week left...

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  14. Jez, I like the fact that you were inspired by the good deeds of another person. A wonderful tribute to him. Have you
    thought about sending a copy to his family

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  15. Wow Jez it's not hard to tell your compassion for the mans story...beautiful tribute to a man who needs to be remembered! I love seeing the comparison artwork! Stunning! I love how you have braved all the different methods with your other faces...you always inspire!

    Hugs Giggles

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  16. I love how you were drawn to the Rabbi, not just recently but in the past as well. Your art takes you to many different places. Such creative approaches to faces. You are an inspirations.

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  17. All of these are wonderful but I do like the Rabbi. He has a gentle face at lest that is how you captured him. Well done
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  18. I love the face you painted with your fingers - I use my fingers a lot but never on an entire painting. Your studies of the rabbi are just fabulous - you can see so much character in his face. Love all your "experiments" in your paintings-that is the only way to really learn what you love!

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  19. Great faces and very excellent work done on the Rabbi.
    Annabelle : )

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  20. Thank you for sharing this Jez! I am a grand baby of a concentration camp survivor so I guess you can feel how moved I feel right now. ManonXx

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