More experimentation. I can now make an acceptable likeness of my father - well at least the last two drawings are turning out like him so based on this I have decided that the aforementioned fact is correct. So much for statistics! Given this I have decided to work on what the final production will look like. One idea is to make it with pastels so this is what I have been trying out. I have discovered a technique that seems to suit me at the moment. I make the drawing with pencil then shade it using Letraset promarkers (note to Amazon my new order of these has yet to turn up - whine & whinge!). Finally I work on the drawing with pastels. These I blend and rub out and apply and so on until I finish up with something interesting - I find it interesting and really that is all that matters at the moment. The whole process takes about an hour or so but I sully take a break in the middle to give me time to get some prospective on the drawing. Quite an interesting image emerges from the whole process and this is yet another idea to add to the others I have had whilst developing the project. I must admit I am finding whole thing fascinating. The rest of the day I have been working through my photographs. I had cut the selection down to around 60 but then found some more I had missed so I am back to around 80. My target is between 40 - 50 so some serious soul searching is to be had. Deep joy.
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