Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Portrait 7: Julian Thew

Next up was GUKPT champion Julian Thew, a Nottingham player, I guess Julian is probably one of the regular faces at Dusk Till Dawn.






Traits I focused on for Julian were his windswept spiky hair, his surprisingly honest and friendly-looking (for a poker player) eyes, and his wide toothy grin.


I won't lie, I did find it quite tough to paint Julian, there are not as many images around to get hold of as there are for some of the more celebrated names, and he has such a down-to-earth look about him he doesn't instantly lend himself to portrait artwork.


I think I captured him well though.


After painting Mr. Thew, I decided I needed a break from the Brits, so I went for one of the biggest names in the history of pokerl; in fact, one of the biggest names in the history of the world...

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