Wip III

Drawing in progress , Graphite on Arches water color paper mounted on maple    40” x 50”  

This is the hardest drawing I’ve ever worked on for many reasons, what you are seeing  is the simpler passages, the hard stuff is in the center.  That in itself is ok, after all that’s what I am interested in - complexity.  But the deadline is July and I have been working on this since November, I have about 300 hours into it so far and it will take at least a 1000 hours.  Between a full time job, teaching, a rotator cuff injury and Jasper (my puppy, who is my buddy) I get half the time to draw then what I’m used to.  All I can do is not think ahead and draw one branch at time …still I love the journey!