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8.5"x11.5" Pen & Ink 1984Stippled with a .06 Rapidograph.
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ThanksΒ quetristevida!
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My pleasure--You're welcome!
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I might not have been from her era and lost out on a lot of her time, but I think this picture captures that smile that hid such sadness for so many years.
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Well put; thanks for looking!
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This must have taken FOREVER! The detail is amazing. very, very good.
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Three months! 
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WHAT!?!
Very much "wow"! That is some dedication to craft; you have my respect.
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Back atcha!
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Haha! Indeed!
9 months is very intense for a painting, but I feel there is much more life and variety with painting that will allow it to go that long. When it comes to stippling though, I feel my ability to continue on ages in dog years.
I feel it is worth it, as the end result is what lives on; although, that is easy said as I am still learning to cultivate that degree of patience.
I recently read that the inventor Jacob Rabinow would employ a mental approach to tackling long projects when endurance was needed. I don't believe that I could convince myself of his notion but it was interesting. What he did when setting to a long task was pretend to be jail. He would hold that it didn't matter how long it took because he had nothing but time. He found it freed him from worrying about making mistakes and feeling pressured. Anyhow, I thought it was interesting.
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Definitely, it is! In my own case, I'd find that I'd go ahead and sign a project, declaring it finished, before I really felt satisfied, so that months later, I'd find myself tearing it out of it's frame so that I could go another nine rounds with it-- I finally got to the point where I really did know when the damned thing was finished, regardless of the ridiculous amount of time I'd put in to it, and wouldn't sign it until that finally happened...
It's some consolation to know that Leonardo worked on the Mona Lisa, a fairly small painting, for YEARS, and never really did consider it finished...
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I like that approach. I find that I won't start a project unless I know how it is going to turn out in he end. Everything else is just getting to that point.
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I think Alfred Hitchcock had a similar approach as you do-- I'm always hoping to be surprised just before the end-- some of my favorite experiences with painting have come in the form of surprises near completion!
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That makes sense. I almost always have left over ideas come up while working. It would be nice to incorporate them into the end product.
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Absolutely-- that can make the difference between something technically admirable and something earth shakingly inspired...
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Indeed, good food for thought!
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What a beauty! Excellent work, as if i needed to say it.lol
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Wow. I was impressed when I assumed this was pencil. but pen...That must have taken some patience. This is beautiful. The detail in her hair is perfect.
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Thanks! I'm currently working on a thing that requires the same rapidograph-- the more things change, the more they stay the same...
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Gahhh your drawings are absolutely amazing! This must have taken forever to do, great job!
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That's how long it takes me to draw decent looking stick people aha. And you do comics too, that's freaking wicked! Props to you bro, your work is great.
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Aw, thanks so much; you have such a beautiful gallery!
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All stippling? 
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But it was totally worthwhile!
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Fellow gemini lady.
Her skin looks amazing... especially the bones in her neck. Her hair is perfect.
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very nice attention to detail....thought i'm worried about how your hand felt after doing all those damn dots....just an 8x10 pointalism spread out for two weeks had me putting wrapping my wrist for almost a month!
again, awesome job and kudos!
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Thank you! And yes, this took forever...
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i still feel for your hand unless your ambidexterous then you have my envy
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My hand never feels the strain of any of these activities-- sometimes my neck, though... ^_______^
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I love Marilyn and this is the best draw of her that I have ever seen...simply perfect!
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