My father as he is, and not as he'd like

Story of life for us all Seamas, and mainly vanity. Mirror's don't lie, but he looks well enough a character to me. In my experience, women tend to see a bit beyond wavy hair, gym bodies and glib tongues. A smile helps..(-: .

@Jim Morris: Haha! If very my dad is doing online dating I'll tell him to use this as his profile picture then 🤣

Skilfully done - do I see the signs of professional training in the combination of hatching and dark tone? So your father might not appreciate this one, then....? At least you didn't do to him what I did to mine: for his 75th birthday, I drew a very, very old chimp, entitling it 'You Look As Good Today As You Always Did'. My uncle, his younger brother, was much amused, anyway.

Brilliant portrait!

Haha. Thanks Robert. I had a little bit of academic training. But I never attended an atelier. However I have a number of friends who did, and I have learned more from them than anyone else. I hope the chimp is among your artwork here!!

A very honest drawing of your dad. I'm sure he secretly likes it. It's a beautifully drawn piece of work done with a lot of love .

Wonderful portrait. Why censor?

Thanks Sylvia. He likes it, but it goes against his own kind aesthetics. He likes to emphasise the pleasing features of his portraits and kind of soften the finger prints of age and wear. He is also an artist, and my first teacher haha.

He taught you well.