Debbie Harry revisited

I seem to have lost the plot recently. I think it's pre Christmas stress, or something to do with far too many school activities and Christmas shopping. Anyway, I did this sketch of Debbie Harry the other day, last week, from a picture I found online. It was meant to be the start of an attempt at a quick sketch a day... that didn't happen. Looks at toes in the uncomfortable way you do when you haven't done your homework and the teacher wants to know why.
I didn't get any work accepted by the Royal Society of British Artist. Need to keep pluggin away at that.
I know have a picture on display in Body Matters in Well Street in Buckingham. It's not in the best place- the toilet- but at least it will be seen. There has to be some Freudian comment there but I'm not going to denegate my artwork (Trying to exercise some positive thinking here) so you'll have to fill in the blank....
I've been working on some abstracts. Christmas has taken over otherwise, carol services, we have snow...only an inch, but it's snow!

Debbie Harry - at last!

Back to the caricatures. I finally got around to doing a young Debbie Harry. I must say that I'm quite pleased with this one. Spotted a couple of points that need touching up, but nothing that makes me want to weep. I was taken with the idea that Debbie Harry is always being photographed, what would it be like if she was the photographer - she wouldn't have any trouble with the boys smiling, at least!

The graffiti wall is a reference to a documentary I watched a while ago which mentioned they lived in a semi derelict property in New York in the early years of Blondie. Actually, it's a feeble excuse for me to practice textures - I've got a thing about brick walls and texture. It is probably a sign that I need help. Or a throwback to my upbringing in Manchester surrounded by crumbling cotton mills, most of which have now been demolished. Something that I've been mulling over as an idea for a painting - just doing the research before I start. I'm looking for a particular mill. Unfortunately the only image I've found so far is this one taken from the rear the day it was demolished in 1987! It's a great picture but I need the front - preferably intact. The building is "Times Mill" on Grimshaw Lane in Middleton. It's looking like I'll be working from memory.