In chilly New England you don't get "beach weather" very often so when warmth happens you flock to the North Shore or Cape Cod for warm sun and real sand. This gentleman was my model on a beach day long ago. This beach was in Beverly, Massachusetts. You see the coastline above with fresh green trees and a boulder breakwater typical of shorelines in that area. The football serves as entertainment and exercise.
The gentleman's name was Raleigh Campiello and after my drawing was done he asked to see it (a common model behavior). He didn't mind that I portrayed him as, uh, corpulent. He laughed and called himself a "beached whale." He's probably gone by now, twenty-one years later. In my drawing, Raleigh and summer last forever...almost.
Colored pencils and markers on sketchbook page, 8" x 7", June 19, 1999.
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