was 55 when, astride her horse, she watched the British Navy defeat the Spanish Armada. Cate Blanchett was in her 30's when she did the movie. This is really frustrating because every couple of minutes the drawing tools just stop working for about 10 seconds. I don't know if it's my computer or what but it sure makes drawing a pain in the butt. The real QE1 was swarthy with reddish hair and brown eyes, a hooked nose and thin lips.
Here's a link to the ref photo.

some actor in a film

Great big woman with meat shakin' on her bones
Oh! Oh! My soul, lordy momma
Big big woman with meat shakin' on her bones
Every time she shimmies
The skinny women all go home!

I ain't gonna marry
I ain't gonna settle down
I'm gonna stay right here and
Run these men around.

I couldn't find the version of this song that I first heard...but these old guys are fantastic!

Eldorado Syncopators \"I Ain't Gonna Marry\"

for Klox, an appreciator of the zaftig female form.

Ya, i know this isn't 'the norm' for me but i thought it would go over well for the site =) it was all about the texture for me

Futon frolic.
I tried refining the hatch shading a bit. Probably won't do much more with this. It was an exercise in trying to remember how to draw after not doing anything for a long time. I'm sure I shouldn't try a complicated pose without a ref--lotsa stuff off. Feels weird when you can't even manage to get your tablet angled correctly to draw diagonal lines. My drawing hand is retarded. At least I'm hoping it's my hand and not my brain. :-O