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My First Face
Yup, had to start somewhere. Jason King and I used to go for afternoon coffees before work. He would always bring his artwork with him and he would draw and I would be amazed at his craft. He always made it look so easy to draw. One day I finally got the nerve to ask him to show me how to start. He tossed me over a pencil, eraser, smudger, and a piece of paper. He then said, "Draw many, many ovals over top of each other until I tell you to stop. Now erase the ovals you don't like". An hour later, this drawing was the result. I was amazed and completely hooked. The next day when Jason picked me up for coffee, I had already purchased a briefcase, 2 sketchbooks, pencils, graphite sticks, and smudgers. I was ready to draw. That was in the summer of 97, and spent many hours and more coffee than I can count learning to draw.
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