GR Sketchathon #7: Virgil Oldman
I’m at sketch #7 in my GR Sketch-a-thon challenge, where I’m counting down to Geoffrey Rush’s 70th birthday in July by trying to doodle as many of his roles as possible: here’s a rather bedraggled Virgil Oldman from nearer the end of “The Best Offer” (2013, dir.Giuseppe Tornatore). That film breaks my heart but he puts in a sensational performance.
Coloured sketch of Virgil Oldman from "The Best Offer"
Virgil Oldman - sketch lines only.
I decided to do something different with the colours so we’re all blue today, but thought I’d post the basic sketch as well incase the colours aren't your thing. I need to work on da nose, but this turned out alright for a spur-of-the-moment doodle!
I have a list of chars to do next after further banter with rushysgirl on Twitter, so expect some of the late nineties/early noughties crowd soonish!
And the previous sketches in the “Countdown to the Big 7-0″ so far:
- Inspector Javert from "Les Miserables" (1998)
- Stephen Price from "House on Haunted Hill" (1999)
- Leon Trotsky from "Frida" (2002)
- The Marquis de Sade from "Quills" (2000)
- Harry Pendel from "The Tailor of Panama" (2001)
- David Helfgott from "Shine" (1996)
I am still open to requests for future sketches if you have a fave Rush character - this can be from film, an animation, or even theatre providing there are reference pics for me to work from. Drop me a message.