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15 – Faces on the bus
I took the 60 bus today to the dentist and back, and with drawing pad in hand, I sketched some of my fellow passengers. The most interesting face was an old Native American woman. She was missing her bottom teeth and kept pushing her lower lip out. To my surprise, on my way home, she…
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14 – my valentine
If you are lucky, you will have one of these (a true love) for part of your life. I was. This is a sketch of my husband with his wonderful uproarious smile. This could turn into loud laughter in an instant. This smile makes me smile every time I see it. The smile is the…
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Day 13 – Amalie Emmy Noether – mother of algebra
Challenged by the wonderful series of upside down drawings done by Coreopsis, I decided to try it with Emmy Noether. I had the reference photo and my sketch pad upside down. It doesn’t look as closely like her as I would like, but it was an interesting exercise. Timid about drawing? You should try this……
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Day 12 – Megan coloring
While Megan colored, Tom showed me possible candidates for my next historical sketch. Megan and I are sharing a coloring book, I color one page, then she colors the next. It’s been kind of fun. And a perfect opportunity to catch a face for my 12th day in this challenge.
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Day 11 – Lady Anne Blunt
As I continued to explore the family tree of Lord Byron, I found a familiar name. Of course, I had forgotten why it was familiar, but it didn’t take too much investigation to discover. Lady Anne Blunt was one of the British founders of the modern Arabian horse breed! Of course she imported these animals…