This is reason enough to go back to the Moon.

I genuinely considered using that as a title.

Thanks so much!

Thank you!

Thank you! I gave this to her and she liked it, and that made my day.

Thank you! This one took about eighty attempts to get right so I’m glad I managed something before setting fire to my sketchbook.

This is so cool.

This is lovely! Bravo!

The most interesting animal on the planet.

Fact.

It is not. It was drawn freehand using a dip pen and an inkwell, over pencil outlines, from a photo.

Thank you! I’ve never been able to do that whole “planes of the face” thing, so I thought I’d half-try it here. It went… okay. Happy overall!

Love it!

Do it! And post the results!

Totally! I was in Rome last week and my photos are 90% statue-related. And the rest are exquisitely-dressed Italians. My drawing references are sorted for a while!

Thank you!

Thank you! This was fairly cheap brown recycled paper, drawn with black fineliner and I think I white gel pen. It came out looking pretty decent!

Thanks!

Thanks! This position is from a game I played a while back. I was white. It did not go well for me.

My pleasure! Always happy to post here.

What an absolutely wonderful thing to read. Thank you so much.

Thank you!