I decided to take my sketch pad along to (a very cold) art group session today. I had an unfinished sketch that I started last year and I felt in the mood to work some more on it. Plus, the pad and the pencils fitted neatly into my handbag, which was more than convenient. As I started to blend the graphite with my fingers I immediately wished I had brought my pastel belnding stumps along as my fingers were too big an area to get into the smaller nooks and crannies. (No innuendo's necessary.) Alison, sat opposite, handed me a cotton bud and it was the perfect tool to polish and soften. Throught the meeting we often get up and walk around to see what everyone else is doing. Quite a few ladies passed remark about my project today, wondering who the live model might be. (I wish.) As I've been working on this fella I've considered it an exercise in lights, darks, blending and shape, but one lady has made me view this pose in a completely different light now. When Diane saw my project her first words were 'I wonder what he's looking at?' And the rest of the table came up with several suggestions. Now I can't look at him without wondering the very same thing. Any ideas?
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