I am happy with the way it came out. I might have liked to have it against a darker background, but I was afraid the crown would be lost...

See subject line. Each little line had to be drawn in freehand. I had to make sure the lines were parallel but also that each little...

When I originally planned this drawing, I thought about doing just her face because that is what I usually do (but I do include the top...

So I have been forging ahead. About Clover who appeared in my last blog entry. I have never had a cat that liked to sit in my lap while...

(Please do not tell her it is not her portrait...)

So I just bought a new pencil set from Faber-Castell. I have been drawing with a three pencil set I bought at Michaels and until I got...

I am continuing to work on this Angela portrait. There is very interesting lighting in the picture I am taking this from. I hope I can...

I decided to draw Angela Bassett's portrait from, "Black Panther, Wakanda Forever" when she was nominated for an Academy award after...

So I was getting frustrated with my progress with my Aretha pastel drawing, so I decided to switch to pencil and take color out of it. I...

Well, not much has happened with Aretha. I use color based on light and shadow and feeling. So it's a kind of hit or miss thing. I...

My latest project is a portrait of Aretha Franklin. I have found that working left to right in a portrait (I am right handed.) works...