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Merry Xmas & Happy Chanukah & also a Great Winter Solstice! And all of the holidays I don't personally know. ;)

I'm using Kohinoor Rapidographs, india ink, and Permopaque markers while focusing on portraiture this year when I can. Day 1: Ring

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Another InkTober! Loving the drawings I'm doing and so many other people are doing too.

Come have a look at the latest Spoonflower design challenge where my entry is Retro Bikes (see images above). There are tons of great images there to see and vote on, if you’re so inclined. You can vote for more than one entry! And it’s free to join Spoonflower.

http://www.spoonflower.com/contests/cycling

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Two versions of an alien face seen in a dream...

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Inktober 2017

Day 31: MASK

I decided to go all out for the last day of Inktober for this year - it always seems to come too soon, while at the same time, most of us seem to be exhausted! Farewell Inktober 2017 - Looking forward to seeing you again next year. Maybe next year I’ll even be able to stick to ALL single color drawings for a change... ;)

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Inktober 2017

Day 30: FOUND

This is a portrait which grew out of a drawing my brother Tom did a while back which he never finished. At first I was going to add color and shading and turn it into a portrait of him (it was a self-portrait sketch). But, as I looked at it more and more, I saw someone else in the piece, someone I’ve been looking for - for many years, actually! - because I had trouble translating what I see when I look at a dark-skinned person into a person who is alive on a piece of paper. My Mom was a dark-skinned woman, and an accomplished artist... she kept trying to help me draw what I saw in my head but I never quite got it. Today, I got it... at least enough to see that I can grow from here to the place I want to be with my drawing. Really exciting stuff. I have to thank Tom because he, the best of the four of us kids in terms of drawing, inspired me to be bolder with my darks and my highlights, to be brave with color, to keep going until I get what I want no matter how many drawings go into the trash basket. ;)

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