Abraham Lyle Joad sketch
This is the initial sketch I did when preparing the post on Lyle Lovett earlier this week. I was working from a variety of photos, but got carried away taking liberties and lost the likeness. Adding too many wrinkles and some sharp edges in the wrong places, I ended up with an amalgamation of Lovett and a beardless Abe Lincoln, or a suggestion of Steinbeck’s Tom Joad. Not a bad drawing, just not Lyle.
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You can throw Sam Elliot in there too.
Yep, I can see that. Anyone but Lyle, I guess!
Maybe you have seen too much of Sam Waterston, too.?
The first thing that I thought of was - Man, he needs a LOT more hair. And, can one really draw a twitch?
TD
I’ve been thinking about tackling a more exaggerated caricature of Lyle, which I’d thought not necessary, or overkill with him, but…. If I do, I’ll try to capture the twitch.