Girl with Flowers 3

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

W. H. Auden

I just can't leave well enough alone ~ guess I'm "craving the novel." Once again I feel I've overworked another drawing. While the detail in her outfit sits okay with me, there is way too much going on in the bouquet. With every drawing, though, I learn so much. The other problem here is that the I've overworked the paper ~ too much charcoal and too much erasing. Well, there's always another drawing to be done.

Girl With Flowers 2

In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting here in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

Arthur Schopenhauer

She seems to be coming along. This drawing is a real exercise in balancing detail with the looser style I'm trying to develop. I want her face, particularly her eyes, to be the focus of the picture and the flowers to just frame her intense look. The goal here is to draw the viewer in, capture his interest and make him wonder what the girl is thinking about. I have my own idea what's on her mind which also presents a challenge ~ how do I convey what's I think is on her mind in her demeanor?