When Heske saw in ‘Drawing Your Own Child-part two’ the drawings her father Herwolt van Doornen had made of her as a child she commented “…is ‘drawing your parent’ coming up next? I gotta get in on that.”
I took up the challenge Heske…. and now I pass the buck on to you!
Let me see the drawings of your mum and dad and hopefully more colleagues – especially children of colleagues – will follow suit with drawings of their parents!
You can download photos here under Comments or email them to me and I will place them in this blog, your reasons for drawing them and what you think of the results appreciated but not necessary!
Here is a pastel drawing that I made of my Dad, way back when! I enjoyed making this drawing of my dad on a lovely summers day, in his typical ‘Dad’ pose in slacks and cardigan, relaxing after a smoke in the garden. He always had a packet of Rothmans cigarettes and a box of Swan matches in his shirt pocket. I only wish I had made more drawings of my dear mum and dad!…
Dad, sitting in his garden in Southbourne, Dorset, England in 1972.
Ja, fotografeer en teken ze zo lang het nog kan. Achteraf heb ik dat natuurlijk veel te weinig gedaan. En deze zijn veel te artistiekerig afgedrukt. Ergens moeten de negatieven nog zijn… Maar waar?
Een foto van mijn moeder. Omstreeks 1972 denk ik.
En dan, op bij het zelfde tijdstip geschoten een foto van mijn vader.
So wonderful to see this drawing of our dear Dad! I am straight away back in our garden at the bungalow in Southbourne! Such lovely memories! Hopefully you have a few more of your amazing drawings of our dear Mum and Dad that you can share! Can’t wait! XXXX
Hi Sal,
Not sure if I made anymore of mum and dad! Have to have a root through my portfolios and drawers! Do have a pen drawing of you though and for some reason also one of the kitchen sink at Rosefield!
Next blogs:
‘Drawing Your Siblings’ and
‘Drawing Anything Including The Kitchen Sink’?
seeing your dad took me right back – very good picture – I thought he was going to turn round and speak !! On a different page I loved seeing the picture you did that was hung in head teacher’s room at Matthew Arnold – so much talent at such a young age !
I wonder what happened to it ?
This is a great idea and I’m looking forward to seeing more parents – liked Hans’s photos of his parents very much too.
Ive just read what I wrote and I didn’t mean what happened to your talent !! I meant what happened to the picture !
Hi Esther,
Thanks for the compliments!
I’ve still got the painting of the playground! Painted it on thick school cartridge paper and poster paints! I made it in mrs Rowlands class, or it may have been her successor whose name I’ve forgotten!
Must frame it one day as well as my dads drawing.
Wat een leuk onderwerp wederom, Linda!
Ik vind de schildering van je vader echt grandioos!!! Hij zou zó op kunnen staan en weglopen. Prachtig materiaalgebruik ook!!! Zou je weer eens op moeten pakken en ermee experimenteren. 😉
Ook de foto’s van de ouders van Hans zijn subliem, maar ja – dat kan niet anders met zo’n zoon!
Helaas had ik geen goede band met mijn ouders, dus de drang om ze voor de eeuwigheid vast te leggen had ik niet.
Misschien ooit ‘n schetsje in de huiskamer, met ma en m’n broer. Maar dan moet ik diep in de archieven duiken, daar zie ik met de laatste fysieke off-weken tegenop. Maar ik hou ‘t in m’n achterhoofd!
Hoop dat er nog meer schetsen volgen. Want in jouw weergave van je pap zie ik duidelijk het prominente Lee-mondje dat jij ook hebt. Great!
Bedankt Magda! Jammer dat het band met je ouders niet goed was!
Ja ik gebruikte pastels, krijt, conte en houtskool heel veel vroeger maar nooit mee geillustreerd!! Is een idee!!
XXX
Here is something my kid did of me when he was about 4. He had been very naughty and I had to really punish him, so he made an effigy of me being angry as a peace offering. The epilogue to the story is that we had a serious chat about his behavior at bedtime, and he suggested we invite a scientist around to give him medicine to make him good. Seemed like a reasonable suggestion.
Thanks Paul for showing this likeness of you that your son Charlie made! I love it! Charlie is definitely a visual boy and a comic genius as somebody said on your FB page! I think we are going to see lots more artwork from Charlie Harrison in the future!
XX
PS if you click on the photo you can enlarge Charlies effigy of Paul
Mijn lieve pappa Otto Jaquet, ik denk dat dit in 1982 was, hij zat naar het schaatsen op de TV te kijken.
Gertie:Mijn lieve pappa Otto Jaquet, ik denk dat dit in 1982 was, hij zat naar het schaatsen op de TV te kijken.
Gertie: en mijn lieve omaatje in haar ‘house coat’ met panterprint.
Maartjes father in law.
jan kijkt naar brazilië – chili, verlenging #schoonvader
Juliette de Wit’s vader:
Voor mijn toelatingsexamenwerk (voor de Rietveldakademie 1977) was mijn vader als model beschikbaar.
Linda, you must frame this painting of your father, his expression is so true to photos I’ve seen. Very suave and handsome man, much like the swashbuckling screen idol, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Thanks Linda!
Yes I must frame Dads portrait some time and hang it up! I never think much about hanging my own work up – also illustrations – but this would be nice to look at more often instead of it lying in a draw!
Yes my father was handsome and looked like lots of actors of his day!
XX
My son Tycho (6) is getting used to being drawn by me. Last week he said he wanted to draw a new profile picture for me. So he made me pose for him.
Funny enough, after drawing the outline of the face he started doing the stubbles first (first the important parts of the face 🙂 )
Thank you Erik for showing the portrait your son Tycho drew of you and contributing to my Drawing Your Own Parent blog. I really love Tycho’s drawing style but most of all I adore that gorgeous blue Tycho used for the background colour!