5. Fish

Cameron Fish, to be exact, another of my oldest friends.   And my greatest patron – I’ve drawn him numerous times and his house is filled with my art.  In fact, he once commissioned me to do a large painting of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby.  And by large I mean HUGE, 4’ x 8’.  It’s hanging proudly in his living room, to this day.  True story.

Anyhoo, I took a similar approach to this as I did to Andy’s drawing.  I wanted it to be pure tone with minimal line work.  I consciously tried to be looser and not get stiff, so all I used was the eraser and a large chunk of charcoal so I wouldn’t be tempted to even try to get tight.  Also, I think I was out of charcoal pencils and had to make do.

It turned out okay.  But it was still painfully apparent how out of practice I was, and the prospect of doing 95 more drawings seemed ridiculous.  (I later made amends to Fish also.)