The Hero of Love

A Thousand Years of Rock/Roll/etc.

Drawings by Mr. King

Kenny Loggins.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Kenny Loggins.

Ink, paper.  2013.

David Byrne.  Failed Drawing Study.
The photographic portrait of David Byrne is a Mapplethorpe.  That guy did some absolutely great portraits!  
Anyway, this is a study in drawing failure, for future reference.  
Also:  David Byrne might be a robot…  Look at those features:  perfectly ordinary.  Handsome. Just the right amount of asymmetry to pass as human.
Perhaps it is this ordinariness in all facial proportions that make an inexpert draftsman like me unable to capture it.  The “it” of his face, I mean.
I’ll try again!  But here’s this.
OK.

David Byrne.  Failed Drawing Study.


The photographic portrait of David Byrne is a Mapplethorpe.  That guy did some absolutely great portraits!  

Anyway, this is a study in drawing failure, for future reference.  

Also:  David Byrne might be a robot…  Look at those features:  perfectly ordinary.  Handsome. Just the right amount of asymmetry to pass as human.

Perhaps it is this ordinariness in all facial proportions that make an inexpert draftsman like me unable to capture it.  The “it” of his face, I mean.

I’ll try again!  But here’s this.

OK.

Charles Mingus.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Charles Mingus.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Keith Jarrett.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Keith Jarrett.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Jimi Hendrix.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Jimi Hendrix.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Joey Ramone.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Joey Ramone.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Courtney Love.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Courtney Love.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Lou Reed, #2.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Lou Reed, #2.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Rashaan Roland Kirk.
Ink, paper.  2013.

By request!  Thanks, bronxcheer!

Rashaan Roland Kirk.

Ink, paper.  2013.

By request!  Thanks, bronxcheer!

Mark Greenberg.
Ink, paper.  2013.

Everybody knows Mark Greenberg!
He was in The Coctails!  
He creates custom music at The Mayfair Workshop!
He is a good guy!

Mark Greenberg.

Ink, paper.  2013.

Everybody knows Mark Greenberg!

He was in The Coctails!  

He creates custom music at The Mayfair Workshop!

He is a good guy!