Sam Smith looks elated as they have their portrait drawn in the street while out with friends in New York City
Sam Smith looked thrilled after getting their portrait drawn while in New York City on Thursday.
The 31-year-old musician, who has expressed a preference for “they/them” pronouns, sat down on the street as artist Devon Rodriguez went to work.
Sam smiled as he then proudly showed off the incredible pencil portrait to his friends.
Devon, from the Bronx, rose to fame after spending hours each day traveling the subway looking for people to draw for his 2020 series of ‘COVID mask subway paintings’.
The talented 28-year-old is known for sketching his unsuspecting fellow passengers while sitting next to them on the train and then surprising them with the portrait.
Sam Smith, 31, looked happy after getting their portrait drawn while in New York City on Thursday
The musician, who has expressed a preference for the pronouns “they/them,” sat down on the street while artist Devon Rodriguez got to work
During the outing, Sam wore a shiny pinstripe shirt, over a plain white T-shirt and baggy denim shorts.
Devon is the most followed artist online with 58 million followers across his platforms.
“The first subway drawing I did was because my 9th grade art teacher, Jeremy Harper, showed me his sketchbooks from when he was a student and they were full of subway drawings,” he told Jam Press in 2020.
“They really inspired me and he convinced me that it was a great way to practice.”
The full-time artist, a New York native, stayed in the city during the coronavirus pandemic, and like almost all New Yorkers who could, he stayed home for the first few months.
He was grateful to be able to get back on the metro in the summer of 2020 to capture the reality of COVID-19 up close and personal.
Meanwhile, Sam was reportedly turned away from a Met Gala after-party last month, despite staying at the same hotel where the party was held.
The singer is said to have tried in vain to gain entry to the Macallan party at the Mark Hotel in New York and left in a ‘polite’ manner after being turned away.
Devon, 28, from the Bronx, rose to fame after spending hours each day traveling the subway looking for people to draw for his 2020 series of ‘COVID mask subway posters’
Meanwhile, Sam was reportedly turned away from a Met Gala afterparty last month – despite staying at the same hotel where the bash was held
Sources say Sam was repeatedly told, “You’re not on the list, you can’t get in,” and eventually gave up and went to Dua Lipa’s party instead.
“They gave them a straight ‘no.’ They tried three times,” the source said Page six. ‘They walked out surprised. But Sam was very cool and polite.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to Smith’s representatives for comment and has yet to hear back.
Christian and Sam reportedly went to several Met Gala after-parties after they were denied entry to the Macallan event, and “kept the dance floor smoking hot.”