This drawing took a lot longer than I’d expected. So I guess I’m not painting tonight. But I’m happy with the concept and the drawing, so it’s worth it. I *do* have a full time job. Maybe one day my art can be my job, in which case I can draw and paint all in the same day.

I’m not sure how I want to proceed on this. I’ve considered a few things:

  • solid colors, no shading, outlined in black
  • glasses and eyes/nostrils/mouth in black, the rest of my head one color, blue background, white star
  • a light flesh and a slightly darker flesh (2-tone), black outlines
  • a light underpainting (so I can still see the drawing) with broad, messy strokes that don’t stay in the lines. Come back through with black to outline. Come back through to clean up colors and hide all pencil lines
  • throw it in the trash?

“But Still I Persist,” 11″ x 14″, preliminary graphite drawing

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