There’s an old jingle

“The cat came back, she wouldn’t stay away,

She was sitting on the porch on the very next day.”

The horrible things they did to that cat, to get rid of her, and she kept coming back. I’m not sure where I heard this old song, maybe during folk music days, but it stayed with me.

Of course, a cat you thought you had lost, coming back is sometimes a good thing.

In the case of “String Theory”, I was sure I had forfeited this drawing forever, having not been able to pick it up in time after a show.

An unfortunate sign of these COVID-19 times, the art shop I displayed this in, had to close. I found out the drawing was still there and picked it up. So sad, that so many small and unique businesses, weren’t able to get through this. And so sad for the owners, and the employees.

For me, I’m still finding my way doing pictures of people. Well….the longest journey starts out with a single step, to paraphrase I don’t have a clue who said that.

Or…..just what was I thinking?

I had this brilliant idea, or at least I thought was a brilliant idea, to take a large picture that didn’t turn so well, and create a do-over on a small scale. Now that I think of it, it was a pretty flawed idea in the first place.

But trudge on , I did………….

This is the original, “35”.

And this is the redo…….

But then, aren’t we all a little flawed?

Anyways, I discovered that working backwards from large to little, isn’t really all that easy. In a large drawing you have room for all those juicy, delicious details. You have to choose what to through out, what to keep.

That reminds me of the move we made from one apartment that we had stayed in (and accumulated stuff in) for 16 years. What is worth moving, what should we just dump? I’m sure everyone has had something like that………….it’s damned hard!

So this is how it turned out.

Here’s one, though, that I thought was better smaill. It had a more striking composition than this:

I bet though, if I had turned around and did it small to big…well, lets just say I’ve learned a new lesson in creating artwork. Yes, you can teach this old bitch new tricks.

Here’s another that I had difficulty interpreting large…

But I do like it..

Hey! I just realized I’m showing summer drawings! I’m moving way too fast. Let’s enjoy spring for while, until the thermometers go up.

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I finally got around to it! The Parrotman! Faster than a speeding bullet…oh, you get the idea.

A lot of detail that was almost impossible to do in such a small format, that I most likely do a full-sized one.

And for you dog lovers, it even has a dog!

Now I remember why I don’t do people too often.

They’re time consuming. And getting them just right is frustrating.

Also, they’re easily dated, by the clothes they wear.

As in this, “Prewar”. I thought I was drawing something timeless…and a friend said “It’s so 90’s. “. OOooops. I guess not. As always, I’m showing my age.

Dogs are a lot easier. Much easier to please, too.

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I’m beginning to feel the monotony of all this. It could be worse, though, I keep reminding myself. I could be sick, or a loved one could be sick or dead from COVID-19.

As I said, I’ve been doing little drawings. I’ve done these two.

I like them well, enough.

I’ve been working in the galleries on this site to make them a little easier to view.

Other than that, not a whole heck of a lot.

More flat file diving.

I also have some that need to be photographed.

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