Artist Reply: Renata, Thank you very much. This was one of my "successes". I don't post everything. Just the works that I feel happy about. You do a great job drawing. Find others whose drawing you really admire and study closely what they do...how they treat edges both soft and hard and how they blend that treat values. Keep up the good work. Tim

Artist Reply: Thank you. This one was a finalist in an Atlanta Fine Arts League juried exhibition last year.

Artist Reply: Thanks. I think it turned out to be one of my successes. I most struggled with the neck, strings and frets on the guitar. Maybe because I saw them as a major problem before I even attempted them. Thanks again.

Artist Reply: Kevin, Thanks! I was please with the way it turned out. I had a lot of little successes in the painting. My mentor said I should not have made the veins in her hand so prominent...even if they were there. Thanks again.