This was done with a 3H pencil on hot press watercolor paper 140lb 8x8". It's an attempt at doing a portrait of Barbara Striesand, but it doesn't quite work for me. The nose and lips are a bit off. Still, I enjoyed drawing it and I like the profile. I've been considering specializing in side profile drawings and paintings for some of my work time. It's been about two months since I got back into visual arts. A lot of times I get into a creative streak but it usually only lasts for a couple of months. This time feels different. Part of what is holding me to it is that I need to earn income. I tried to earn income nine or ten years ago and didn't sell much, but then I didn't promote and market myself enough either. This time I'm trying to be business oriented, so I've been doing the research online and thinking about what I would like to sell. I've just begun to use index cards to keep track of business/marketing ideas and art process ideas. I realized that I had been doing several portraits in profile and I thought maybe that would be a good angle, a specialty that could identify me to potential collectors.
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