I sit and stare

I sit and stare at my Guy.  Never done a human.  If I mess up on an animal I add more thread and its looks like "special" detail on fur.  Humans can't be done that way.  I have 2 black and whites and one color to practice on :  I still can't start.  Wait!!!!!! I can use color pencils.  Sometimes blogging is so cathartic.  Now I can begin...Have to go buy some colored pencils. Egads

                                                               posterized

I used to think artists did art from their head.  Now I know there is lots of prep time prior to the masterpiece