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Old 04-19-2002, 12:37 PM   #5
Lon Haverly Lon Haverly is offline
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The truth is, Mike, I don't hurry. I have done tens of thousands of these sketches, and thay all are ten minute deals. Its just what I do. I just make each line only once, and it has to be correct. No extra lines, no fooling around. No erasing, no correcting. (That is my mind set, at least.) I try to get the most out of each stroke. My shading is done before I detail the face. I use the charcoal powder on various parts of my hand to lay in the shadows, largest ones first. Then I begin the features, and add a little shading with the stick. The long hair is done with the 1/4" stick. I sand the stick on a very sharp angle, so I have a very long point, and a very wide and flat drawing edge. This gives me lots of variety in lines, and plenty of sensitivity.

When I started this stuff, I made up my mind what could be done in ten minutes, and that was that. The clock was the dictator of my style. It has not changed at all since I started. It's not like I watch the clock at all. That's just how long they take. I realized that people would not want to pose very long.

It is a "rush" of another kind. I get nearly as much satisfaction out of this approach as I do with long drawn out projects. But I do enjoy the slow oils now.

It is the low end of the price spectrum. I get to draw for folks that ordinarilly could never buy original pieces of art. I come out making money, too. But I will probably never be in the annuls of fame for this stuff.
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