FRANCIS Macdonald first realised he was good at drawing when he captured Paul McStay’s wee brother’s nose.
“I was at school with Raymond McStay. He was in my first year art class at Holy Cross in Hamilton,” recalls the Teenage Fanclub drummer, on a meander back to first inklings of teenage talent.
Stick Up’s appraisal of Joe 90’s talent proved prescient, even if it did lie dormant for 40 years. Next week the musician’s pencil and ink portraits will be exhibited at the Fire Station Collective in Dunfermline. Stick Up’s likeness is, alas, not among them.
Gentle affirmation on social media proved a fertile ground and he began drawing every day. He says: “It became an addiction. At first I thought it was maybe a phase I would come out of, but a year and a half has gone by now. Doing something every day and facing down the embarrassment, and getting the odd word of encouragement, I could see progress. I surprised myself. Even if no-one else said: ‘Here’s the new Rembrandt!’ I knew I was doing things I didn’t think I could.
“What I take from his work is looseness and abandon. He’s not trying to be photographic. He has a book called A Year of Drawings, which I absolutely love. It makes me smile, and it’s amazing what he can do with just a few lines. I look at the marks he makes and think: ‘Why am I feeling emotional about this?’.”
Macdonald is about to embark on a world tour with Teenage Fanclub in support of their latest album Nothing Lasts Forever, released in September. On recent tours, he’s presented the band with portraits in the dressing room, sparking impromptu games of Guess Who. Has he drawn them? “The last track on the new album, Falling Into The Sun, is one of the best songs the band has ever done. It’s a Raymond McGinley song and I think it’s a slow-burn work of“It feels good. We are in a creative, productive place. Norman and Raymond have stuck together and it’s nice to see the mutual respect they have for each other. I think they bring out the best in each other.”
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