In the middle of working on other projects, while watching my Clean Films edit of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” I felt inspired to work on a new piece with Joel and Clem. (I actually did one for Amy around 2006 – i think it was even like 16 x 20, one of my biggest portraits).
I aimed to do a quick-style sketch. I started it while watching the movie, then finished it the next night. I wanted to do their faces pretty detailed and then just lightly sketch in the bookstore backdrop. I love that this is Joel’s memory version of Clem and how she tells him to remember her just before she vanishes. I decided to fade them both out as if the whole image is threatening to disappear at any moment.
It’s all graphite except for colored pencil for her hair.
Etsy link for prints:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/245653395/print-of-colored-pencil-graphite-drawing