Sarah

Jimmie Arroyo · 12-14-2004, 10:13 AM

This might be my last drawing for a long while. Then again, a while for me is not drawing over a week's time. Unless I'm inspired to draw, I'm going to concentrate on doing some color. I'm about to start doing some pastels on a regular basis and figure that will take up most of my time. The good thing is that I get inspired pretty easily, and it's been very slow at work, so I can always draw there if I start having graphite withdrawals.

Anyhoo, here's the latest. It's 18x9", graphite on fawn colored Stonehenge. This is the only woman I've done that has actually had a little modeling experience. She's in the NY area, if anyone's interested in using her, I can try asking her if she's willing.

Thanks for looking.

David Draime · 12-14-2004, 11:59 AM

Jimmie, this is great. Love it.

What really scares me is the amount of work you'll be doing when you quit your job and do this full-time.

Kimberly Dow · 12-14-2004, 12:00 PM

Another great one Jimmie! Glad to hear you are going to work on color. If those twins on your site are any indication - your color is just great.

George Holmes · 12-14-2004, 03:09 PM

Jimmie:

I, for one, will miss your drawings, but am looking forward to the advent of color. This drawing is very very nice.

Jimmie Arroyo · 12-20-2004, 09:52 AM

Thanks guys. Started a pastel piece, taking it real easy. I'm hoping to have a day where I can work on it for several hours at a time. It feels very awkward only working a couple of hours, then trying to get back in a flow a day or two later.

I also posted a different pic of Sarah to show a better sense of the paper color. You can see a big difference between the full figure and the close-up which looks too gray.