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Pastel on Paper

I decided to take a break from painting and focus on keeping my drawing skills current. Of course when I can't think of anything exciting to draw I resort to a self portrait. I started this drawing on Thursday morning and when my husband came home from work, I was still half-naked and standing in the bathroom amongst a pile of pastel and eraser dust. "Why is it that when you do self-portraits, you are always in your underwear?" he asks me. I had to think a while about that question... I am still wondering what the answer is. Maybe it is because I miss drawing the human form so much- as I have not done any figure drawing since moving to NC over a year ago. Or maybe I find it amusing to see how I portray myself- lumps and all. Either way, this drawing was very fun for me to complete and I feel that I have improved my drawing skills... just a little bit.