Cyn by John

 The above drawings were done in the late 1950s/early 1960s while John was dating Cynthia

Interestingly, the second one has an UFO beaming on Cynthia's head... On August 23, 1974 (what would've been his 12th anniversary with Cynthia), John spotted an UFO from his balcony in his New York City apartment while with May Pang. 

 Drawn in 1964 in a sketchpad John had while on tour

A Group of Animals and Figures, 1965

The woman certainly looks like his past drawings of Cynthia!

In Cynthia's Likeness

From John's Spaniard in the Works book, 1965

Pattie's Birthday Card

In her 2007 book, Wonderful Tonight, Pattie Boyd wrote that while in India, she (and husband George Harrison) celebrated her birthday where Cynthia gifted her a painting and John made her a card. In 2018, Pattie decided to put John's card up for auction and it was described that the drawing was of John while in her book she mentioned it was all of "us" meditating. Now that I finally get to see the card, it looks neither! It sort of looks like John but that doesn't look like his usual self-portrait doodles... 
Another interesting thing about the card is how John wrote his and Cynthia's first initials, J and C, backwards. However, it's nice of John including his wife's name on the card considering he barely spoke to Cynthia and was falling in love with Yoko during that time. 

Now I wonder where Cynthia's painting for Pattie is now? Does Pattie still have it? Or did it gotten lost during the 50 years of moving house, destroyed, or...? I am hoping Pattie still has it, especially now that Cynthia is now gone and probably a special possession for Pattie to remember her friend.

Update: yes, Pattie does still has Cynthia's painting; it's put away somewhere in her house. Source: Pattie's Instagram live chat April 5, 2020.

Drawing For Stuart

Early 1961, Stuart Sutcliffe made a life-changing decision to live in Hamburg with Astrid rather than go back to Liverpool. Until Stuart's death in April of 1962, whenever John returned to Liverpool, they would write to one another. Here's a drawing by John that was sent to Stuart of Cynthia, Aunt Mimi, himself, and other family and friends.