Over the past few weeks I have become more interested in tone rather than likeness. I have been told many times that the mind creates an image and in many ways the more you leave out the better for the mind. So I have been looking at shapes and tones within the face and their relationship to one another than striving for a likeness. This has been a very frustrating week so far for me. I started my new art course this week and the work I produced there was appalling. I spent much of Tuesday trying to exercise the frustration built up which fortunately I was able to do. In the process I reexamined a book I had bought some time ago discussing the power of tonal value in a drawing - especially when trying to capture the likeness. As with many things in life some of it made sense and others I will have to think about but there is no doubt that may development is starting to move in new directions. One final thing. I have completed my latest photo book - this time of my drawings. Today I intend to send it to Blurb to publish - lets hope it works out ok. 
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