The Inner Beauty Hour by John Douglas
John Douglas

The Inner Beauty Hour by

The last hour before the nightclubs close, when even the hardest face softens.

Conté crayon on paper. From a series on real-life contemporary Sydney stories.

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conté, john douglas, johndouglas, miscdrawing, sydney

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  • butchart
    butchartalmost 3 years ago

    been there and done that… too many times to recall……….. wonderful reminder of nights past………. b

  • I was usualy the one caught behind the bar working – so got to see it play out many times, too many good stories that I wouldn’t be able to tell here :)

    – John Douglas

  • Soxy Fleming
    Soxy Flemingalmost 3 years ago

    interesting title, great style!

  • why thank you ma’am!

    – John Douglas

  • Susan Grissom
    Susan Grissomalmost 3 years ago

    love this, wonderful…….. simply wonderful

  • thank you thank you!

    – John Douglas

  • Ash180470
    Ash180470almost 3 years ago

    I love this drawing. Really uninhibited line and shades. And such lovely suggestions of people rather than actual representations of people. Lovely lovely. Ax

  • Thank you kind sir!

    – John Douglas

  • beasweet
    beasweetalmost 3 years ago

    wonderful drawing! I am a great fan of your art style.

  • Thanks Bea – and I am a great fan of yours. x

    – John Douglas

  • aRae
    aRaealmost 3 years ago

    just wonderfull………………..the lines are delisious…(wish i would stop tryin to use big words !)

  • dani05
    dani05almost 3 years ago

    Love it John, concept and all is perfect!! Huge fan of your conte drawings!!

  • Thanks very much Dani

    – John Douglas

  • Shylie Edwards
    Shylie Edwardsalmost 3 years ago

    eeek memories…oh…!!!!!! well done….now i have a headache!!!

  • oh yes that I know too – the day after headache…as a post story to the inner beauty we also had the pick-up name – a dingo root. Where you wake up the next morning and you’re so horrified by what you’re with you’d rather gnaw off your own arm than risk waking the other.

    – John Douglas