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11/19/2004: "Illustration Friday: Regal"

this one was hard. i went through ideas and sketches and nothing was right. i tried a snowy owl. i tried great danes. i kept getting images of crowns in my head. then i thought of a picture that my dad gave me of my great-grandma as "queen of the ball". i hate drawing people. i think it is about 20 times harder than anything else. so i drew from my remembered impression of the picture... i like what i got.

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Replies: 7 Comments

on Friday, November 19th, violetismycolor said

She is very lovely and I think you did a very good job at drawing a person. Love the banner, too.

on Friday, November 19th, Lisa said

I agree with you, drawing people is much harder than anything else... and then you drew this from "remembered impression"? It is fantastic. What a great illustration.

on Friday, November 19th, ma said

Grandma Cora would be just tickled

on Friday, November 19th, Pop said

Iremember the day that Great Grandma Cora was the Queen of the Ball. I think she would be very proud of you.

on Friday, November 19th, becka said

thanks!

i know "remembered impression" is a goofy phrase, but it fit. i didn't remember the actual picture but just the idea of the picture - what it represented. i draw like that a lot. more like what i think a rabbit looks like, than actually what a rabbit looks like. after i finished drawing, i found the picture and had a good look at it.

on Friday, November 19th, nic said

I think I know this lady!

on Saturday, November 20th, bess said

i would have to agree gma cora definitely looks regal to me too.....