Did you ever open a magazine and see one of those ads where you are told to "Draw Winky" and send it in for an analysis of your talent? I used to draw those pictures all the time as a child. I never sent them in, but I secretly wished someone would tell me I was truly an artist. I never drew more than "Winky" and when I flunked art in high school, I figured there was no hope for me.

Some twenty five years later my twin sister showed me a book by Lee Hammond and it changed my life forever. Sounds rather dramatic, I know, but there are people reading this today that know what I'm talking about because I shared the book with them (and some of them draw better than I do now!)

Click on this drawing to see some of my graphite portraits.