What the Model Sees

In his wonderful book on what it was like to be painted by Lucien Freud, Martin Gayford shares how much and how closely he was able to look at the painter as he worked. Gayford well makes the point that it is not just the painter who does the observing. Lots has been said about how the painter sees; new is the increasing amount of attention to what the model sees and has to report.

In the following slideshow, I share what Tim Jones saw as I painted him. These are photographs Tim took during one of our last working sessions.