Henry IV part 2

On Sunday I went back for the second day of Shakespeare Theatre Co’s Henry IV rehearsals. Like Saturday, it was a lot of fun. I met more of the cast, I introduced myself to director Michael Kahn, and I had a seat right in the front with plenty of light to draw. I also found that they have Merchant in their store (along with my competitors Manga Shakespeare and No Fear Shakespeare — I’ll see if I can get them to carry Lear and R&J).

I concentrated on faces in a lot of these sketches because apparently nobody but Falstaff is in their real costume yet. Surprising how well a sword belt over a hoodie works, though.

(I couldn’t find a full cast list but I’ll edit this post to include names when I have ‘em.)

By the way, I realized that recently I’ve been posting about Macbeth but that’s kind of a tease when I haven’t even shown a single image from it yet. I will do a whole post about the art technique & process soon, but in the meantime here’s a very small sample of the art: