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Binkie The Clown

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Fri Mar 5, 2021, 11:06 PM Mar 2021

Another portrait sketch

By way of introduction, I started in 1952 tracing comic books. The I graduated to freehand pencil drawings of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, etc. etc. In the 1960s I got into pen and ink and linoleum block printing. I even did a handful of illustrations for a small literary magazine. Then I got married, raised three kids, all the usual activities that distract one from hobbies. I set aside my art supplies until I got a set of colored pencils for Christmas. That got me started again.

Mostly I've been using old Dorothea Lange photos from the Great Depression as reference materials.
Here's another;

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Another portrait sketch (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 OP
Very good sketch, and a great source of material. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1
Looks like Prince Philip to me. But then i'm not good at faces. applegrove Mar 2021 #2
love it BatteriesNotNeeded Mar 2021 #3
A lot of character there Bayard Mar 2021 #4
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