| 12/7/99 Happy Holidays Everybody! Here's yet another one from the archives: President Richard Nixon. This Caricature dates back to 1989; it's about 18 inches tall and took 3 scans to stuff the whole thing into the computer. (Can you find the scan lines?) It was drawn entirely with pencil using my finger to do all the smudging, (to the best of my memory...), on plain old run of the mill bright white paper I bought at a drug store. I used a #6b lead in a mechanical pencil lead holder wrapped up in 3/4 inch of athletic tape (keeps your finger from going numb when you're drawing for long periods). For those of you following the feature by feature mini-series, look closely at the ears and nose: can you identify the different parts of each? (the three wedges of the nose - [top, middle, and bottom] - and the 3 main parts of the ear - [the outer helix including the lobe, the anti-helix, and the "shadow area"].) Keep on drawing, I appreciate all your questions and comments! Have a great Holiday Season. Warmly, Jeff Richard Nixon
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