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On the Lawn, With a Book

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The answer to the question 'Where is Amyas?' most afternoons this time of year :) He likes nothing better than lounging around in the sun with a book after lunch (a good lie down which can easily turn into a nap if left undisturbed), his friend Peter will sit neatly in a chair for his outdoor reading, but Amyas just rolls all over the lawn like a big happy cat :D This is partly why he and Iris hit it off so well at university, she takes off her shoes and stockings to sit on the grass and write, while he lays sunbathing and reads the pages as she finishes them :)

This one's been saved up til the weather's right, I drew it back in January when I first had the idea of him shading his face from the sun by holding the book upwards, but it needed keeping til summer to be relevant and seasonal! I really like how his hand turned out here, I had to mime the pose myself so if you're wondering what he's reading, mine was a pamplet about the largest recorded trees in Northamptonshire :) 
This was going to be an inklined picture but after doing the outlines I wasn't happy with the look matching the feel, so instead it's got the original sketch lines softened into the colour shading to give it a much gentler effect, and a soft light overlay to make it all glowy and bright.
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'but Amyas just rolls all over the lawn like a big happy cat'

Now you HAVE to draw him AS A CAT. :D

I really love this though, the pose is so dynamic and natural, and I really like the crop too, it makes it far more realistic and more like a snapshot than an actual formal staged portrait.
I very nearly did this today myself, actually, it was a gloriously warm and sunny afternoon and the back garden was full of birdsong and warm grass...but the grass was damp and the waterproof picnic rug was in my dad's car at work so I couldn't lie down without soaking my clothes! XD