Nothing worth while comes easy!

Well, here's a page from my life drawing sketchbook. This is where it all begins for the artist. The trek to making great art must start with pages like these. Not much to look at, are they? But, like a scientist who wishes to one day build a rocket, we have to start somewhere. He isn't born making the right mathematical equations to get the perfect results. He must first practice many different variations with different numbers and formulas before he has mastered the art enough to bend it to his will. That's what this page is about, something I've been learning recently. To make the marks I want with the pencil, I must know how to juggle the endless variences of angle of element to paper, different pressures with the element and my own experiences and obversations.

Next time you see a piece of art, whether it's a painting or a Saturday morning cartoon, try to appreciate the amount of hard work and skill before you.

-Howard