“Phoning it in” is the current popular cliché for doing a half-arse job at something. Is this post in that category? You can decide.

I love to draw in pencil. In case you all think I am a painter at heart, here is some evidence to the contrary.

I did this commissioned pencil drawing last year around this time, possibly the most difficult one I’ve ever attempted. The customers were such wonderful people that I didn’t want to say “no”, and sometimes it is fun to challenge myself. It certainly put me in the position to say to my drawing students, “Do what I say, not what I do.” (NEVER DRAW A FACE SMALLER THAN AN EGG!! ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRAW TWENTY IN THE SAME PIECE!!)

I’m showing it to you today while I am out goofing off with friends. (Didn’t want you to think I have always been a slacker. )

WAIT! I’m not “goofing off”. I am on a field trip, a journey to gather new information for future art.