Well, here’s another of those drawings from the YWCA from 20 or 21 years ago. This one I think is probably about 20 years ago. If I had to guess, the purple crayon drawing that I posted previously might’ve been from 2005 and this one from 2006. I don’t know if I have them dated somewhere a little bit more accurately. I’m not quite sure if I have a good idea of the progression but my recollection is that this one’s later. I wonder if they both might be from 2006. I think that when I was first over there drawing, I was not using crayons. I’d have to look at these collections and see. This mentions that it’s number 98 and of course I don’t really know what that means, but it suggests it’s later than the other one, which was numbered 28. I’ll have to look at the website galleries to get a better idea, but this one seems later. I think I was getting a little bit more bold and adventurous with the marks and colors and it looks like I was having a little bit more fun and being a little bit more confident with this one. 

I like this one more than the purple one,  but it’s a more involved piece of course. It still isn’t a long drawing. I’m sure I didn’t spend more than five minutes on it and maybe only three, but it captures a certain energy and vibrancy that I like. I’ve always really liked drawing with crayons when I’m working on a good sized sheet of paper. These drawings are 24 x 18” and I think you kind of need to have at least that much size to handle the width of the line that you get with a crayon. It’s been quite a while since I’ve worked like this, but I think that if I found myself in front of a model now… well I don’t know. I think that one side of me would want to work with crayons. I probably would do that – at least for the quick studies anyway. I’ve always been impressed at just the sheer amount of color you get in a wax crayon. It’s a lot of color for very little expense. It’s good cheap color. It’s like the onion of color – I’ve always been impressed by how much flavor is packed into an onion – you get a lot of bang for your buck when it comes to onions and crayons. I’m sure crayons can’t be very archival, but you know that’s sort of the least my concerns when choosing drawing materials. 

It’s very interesting to look at these drawings after 20 years. It’s been a long time since I’ve looked at them. Nice and interesting that the AI chose two of these from the first batch it selected for me – I guess that’s the way random works!