Cookie, No. 1 of X

Cookie was one of my dearest friends. I've sketched her several times, never quite capturing her élan.

Edgar A. Whitney, my favorite instructor of watercolor and design, wrote: "Think of your drawing as an ideograph. What is in your mind and heart will be recorded; paint with compassion in your heart. Placing a highlight accurately is as important to drawing as the outline. . ."

Any subject worth drawing is worth drawing again. . .