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Okay. So here’s what happened at the Party.

The Guest of Honor didn’t show up until I was there for over half an hour. And
when she did, she wanted to go around to all the tables before
getting in to the picture.

So I was taken by Surprise. Having planned on drawing her first, I instead had
to try to leave room for her. This put a crinkle in my plans. Without the main person to relate to, I didn’t know how to design the picture. Without meaning to do so, faces started to frame the center which I was trying to leave available for the Guest of Honor. It started to look like everyone was rotating out from the center of the picture - designed like a Ferris-Wheel or something. Lalala -
it would look like I did it on purpose but I sure didn’t. It is a design, but I would not have liked it. Dorky. Contrived. Controlled.

It was hard, but I forced a change in the picture. I started flipping the people around. Took a chance, and it worked! Whew!

But then, when the guest of honor arrived,
the only way her particular look would fit
into the space that was left
was to put her sort of sideways.
Luckily, there was still enough
time to add other people around her,
so it softened the situation.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m an Artist or a Magician.

The more experiences I have, the more I know
how to deal with every contingency that comes up.

I fit at least 20 people on this one 22×28 paper. It sure
looks like a big group of people when they all stood
together. Wow

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Tomorrow I’ll be drawing at a 50th Birthday.
I’m supposed to draw 20 (or more) people on a page.
Haven’t done that in a while, so I decided to practice
from photos of people on the web.

It’s a good thing that I do my homework. So I’ll ‘know
my lines’ before it’s time to go on.

Because the first picture I made,
started making, hmmmm, no way
am I going to fit twenty people on this
22×28 paper:

So I started again, figuring that I would make the
first person, the ‘Guest of Honor’ largest, and make
the other people smaller. But I kept forgetting -
kept making everyone the same size. Forced myself
to get smaller, but it was too late. Forced myself
to finish the picture with twenty people no matter
what size/part I made them:

I like these pictures. I feel comfortable to approach
tomorrow’s project. No predraw.

I sincerely hope the set-up is good - hoping
for a good spot at a good table. If I have to use
my easel, the drawing board is too heavy and cumbersome
to feel ‘right’.

I love my jobs. No matter how much I study and plan,
I can never control Everything about it. Yet I know
what my approach will be. Well, at least I know
what questions to ask myself.

Oh what to do -
Everyone upright? Or flipping around on their heads?
Wild predraws directing the faces? Or direct inking without predraws?
Color? Or Black/white?
And those are just general decisions about the Composition.
The questions continue as I figure out how to draw each face!

Creating Artwork is a way to Exercise the ability to make Decisions.

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