# Help me find a picture/illustration/painting of old man carrying twigs

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705 "2018-03-16T23:43:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705/21 "2018-03-17T16:53:42Z")

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Huh-huh! Huh-huh! “Wood.” That wuz cool! 🆒

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705/22 "2018-03-17T17:03:54Z")

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I have a similar memory, and I think it was in connection with a folio of the Christmas Carol “Good King Wenceslas.”

I do recall the elderly man’s face being in 3/4 turn, with a thousand yard stare so realistic that I wanted to reach out and catch him when he fell.

But I can’t find it.

Consolation prize: If you liked that one, you’ll [probably love this too.](http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/sixteen-year-old-artist-wins-art-competition/)

It also illustrates a mistake you might be making in your search. Twig bundles and hyper-realism are very popular with the pencil-drawing set. Are you sure this was a color painting?

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705/23 "2018-03-17T19:54:39Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> …It also illustrates a mistake you might be making in your search. Twig bundles and hyper-realism are very popular with the pencil-drawing set. Are you sure this was a color painting?

It was definitely in color. Maybe not a painting. That’s why I put “illustration” in the thread title. Might have been a colored pencil drawing.

The pencil drawing you linked to is pretty spectacular.

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