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It was opening night for "Hold On To Me Darling", and Adam was deep in conversation with another person at the cast party celebrating that first official show. His outfit, a lightweight white silk sweater under a black blazer, looks classy but comfortable, literally less buttoned up than his usual choice of a collared dress shirt. I have no idea who he was speaking to, or what they were talking about, but I'd have to hazard that he was enjoying himself; absolutely everything about his body language is calm and engaged, and his expression looks nearly as soft as the knit of that sweater.
His forehead is unfurrowed, brow unknitted, the worry lines worn by time gently evident but not actively engaged. His eyes are hooded by relaxed upper lids, and the muscles just below are pursed with good humor, his crow's feet crinkling at the crest of his cheekbones, dimples bracketing the gentle smile crooking the corners of his mouth. I have to say that is the fullest I think I've ever seen his lower lip look, I must have checked to be sure I was rendering that faithfully at least a dozen times.
Photo used for reference was taken by Emilio Madrid at the cast party after the opening night performance of "Hold On To Me Darling" on 16 Oct 2024. Despite being insanely high resolution, it was also very blurry, and I had to fight against the urge to too faithfully reproduce what looks like a bit of filtering applied by the photographer to claw back some of the detail lost to the blur.
About 11.5 hours of painting time. I probably could have leaned into the softness of it all a bit more.
His forehead is unfurrowed, brow unknitted, the worry lines worn by time gently evident but not actively engaged. His eyes are hooded by relaxed upper lids, and the muscles just below are pursed with good humor, his crow's feet crinkling at the crest of his cheekbones, dimples bracketing the gentle smile crooking the corners of his mouth. I have to say that is the fullest I think I've ever seen his lower lip look, I must have checked to be sure I was rendering that faithfully at least a dozen times.
Photo used for reference was taken by Emilio Madrid at the cast party after the opening night performance of "Hold On To Me Darling" on 16 Oct 2024. Despite being insanely high resolution, it was also very blurry, and I had to fight against the urge to too faithfully reproduce what looks like a bit of filtering applied by the photographer to claw back some of the detail lost to the blur.
About 11.5 hours of painting time. I probably could have leaned into the softness of it all a bit more.
