I find it fascinating to record a drawing being made, just how does something change over time as you work on it? I suspect that this may say more about the drawing than the final result or perhaps it is like sausage making - you don't want to see how they are made but want to enjoy the final results. I am not sure which at the moment.
Anyway, I am recording the progress I am making creating this drawing of WH Auden. So far this week I have been concentrating on female beauty and form - two things Auden did not processes - certainly as he grew old. I saw this face the other day and I knew I had to draw it. So far it has taken me the best part of five hours to get to this point and I suspect it is only about a quarter finished. At this rate it should be completed by sometime next week. It really is a challenge and at the same time deeply satisfying. I just hope I don't screw things up - at least I'll have the photographs to remind me how much I screwed things up.
Simon Marchini LRPS
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