Darker than the blackest coal, describes the windows to her soul- from a poem/song I wrote one time.... Perhaps an unconscious amalgamation of my creative ideas...

I just keep coming back to look at the modeling of the nose. Your ability to shade for dimensional effect is amazing. The recent spate of portraiture on 2draw is kind of making me want to draw again.

Her dark eyes makes me think of an old song by Marty Robbins.....'dark as the night were the eyes of Felina....he fell in love with a Mexican girl'....'lol' The name of the song is 'El Paso'......:)

Fuck you, Dan. Smiley faces after insults don't fool anyone.

your work reminds me of another friend who used to draw here, maybe she will again, I hope, sometime.... she went by the screen name shults... I worry about her, she's in Israel : /

Hey firecracker, thank you so much for taking the time to look at my artwork! I really appreciate it and I look forward to posting more of my sketches on 2draw.

LOL Axil62, thanks. :)

Thank you for the welcome Lori, sorry to hear to about your friend, I hope that she's ok.

Thanks!

Yes.....I just now read the link.....I wonder why Ringo would say such 'nonsense'.....it's all a hoax...'lol'!
I'm glad that Paul is still 'amongst the living'!!! :)

It's a fun hoax lol

Very nice Lori......it does have a southwestern look to it....I likey!!! :)

oh, you're all such sweethearts... bet ya didn't know, considering the timer, I really was sittin' here all that time, more often swearing at the pic and smokin' butts and drinking coffee, than I was drawing it :D Thank you guys for appreciating what's here so far anyway, makes the frustration worth it in the end

I didn't realize that this is 'unfinished' Lori.....it looks cool the way it is.....I do hope you decide to finish this though.....I'm curious to see what you do with it......:)

Thanks!

Wow Dave! This is amazing stuff! Too bad you can't get rid of that "Push Broom" hair, but I guess that is just your style. Like Lori said, looks just like him.

LOL..thanks Rob..lol tom HAS push broom hair Push Broom Tom

lol Thanks

Rock on!

yep!

yep he did... Thanks Grace

It sucks getting older when you see these folks you grew up watching pass along....great draw dave!

it sure does.. thanks mizz elly

Beautiful

Very nice!! :)

the textures of the water are very much his style and beautiful; real, individual talent here.

Very nice! Again, your fog effects are so good. I really like how you've made the water semitransparent where it laps against the boat. The shape and position of the sails does a great job of conveying the feeling of the force of the wind. I was up until 2 AM, couldn't put down my book. I'm on book 7 (I think) of the Jack Aubrey stories. They hit an iceberg south of Lat. 40, lost their rudder and are trying to prevent sinking by fothering a sail along the bottom to stop the leak. Half the crew abandons ship in the small boats in hopes of making it 1500 miles to the Cape, the crew already having been decimated by goal pox. They'd been trying to outrun a Dutch 74 gun ship intent upon sinking them in huge seas with gale force winds. The Dutch ship loses a mast, founders and goes down with 600 men. Aubrey is terribly wounded in the battle. The crew has been manning the pumps 24/7 for weeks. It's looking grim. The superstitious crew believe the ship is cursed by a gypsy woman prisoner (they're transporting prisoners to Botany Bay but most of them have died). The surgeon delivers the gypsy woman of a breech birth during the middle of the battle, caesarean section. Remind me not to read this stuff right before bed. I had to keep reading until they made landfall on a rocky island after MacGyver-ing a rudder from a spare mast. Patrick O'Brien is a hell of a writer.

Sounds like a great read. The ship they used in Master and Commander:Far Side of the World, for that movie of it was the HMS Rose, which was a recreation of the original HMS Rose, a British Frigate that once shelled Stonington here in Connecticut. The Rose used to be kept here in Bridgeport for several years and you could go on and tour her. I went several times.. She was eventually sold to Newport Rhode Island, and I don't know where she is now. Thanks Grace edit: Looks like they renamed her Surprise... and she's in San Diego Rose/Surprise

After reading several of the books I watched the movie last week. It's a conglomeration of events that happen in several of the books, rather than following the first book, Master and Commander. Must have been fun to be able to tour the Rose/Surprise. I find reading about that time and way of life so fascinating. I know you would love the books. I'll have a look at that site. Thanks.

Here's a really cool music video.....it's a duet of Rod Stewart and Joss Stone singing 'Hot Legs'......"lol'! I hope you like it.....it's really cool....:)http://youtu.be/-bPCz_rYRSM

awesome FC

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