I completed my 5th ink drawing of a fellow Instagram pipe smoker. His name is Grant Powers and one day he made an offer of a tin of Penzance if I drew him next. I said I'd think about it and if he is going to be my next subject, I'd post my progress on IG. I looked though his feed of photos and found one that I thought would be the one, plus I've heard good things about Penzance so I couldn't pass up the offer!
I started the drawing the day I got back from travelling from Illinois over the weekend, and continued to work on it in my free time. I spent about 6 days on this portrait from the sketch to the final dot (using pointillism). I'm very happy with the results and have also received positive feedback from folks on IG. My correspondence with Grant has been positive and he's been very appreciative for, as he put it, dedicating my time for a stranger. All I can say is that at the moment, this is what I like to do while I'm smoking my pipes. I haven't drawn this much in soooooo long---it keeps me busy and out of trouble. Not that I do much of anything to get into any trouble...I'm just saying :) Now I need to pick up some frames for this portrait and my last one so that I can put them up (temporarily) in my smoking corner of my garage. Until the next drawing...keep on keepin' on!