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This image is based on one of the All-time best Left Handed Pitchers every in the MBL.
Tom Glavine. 16 years with the Braves and 4 with the Mets. We missed him down south for those four years.

Mindi Abair posing with client James and his wife at a Jazz Fest.
James purchased the original drawing from me through FAA.

All of my paintings begin the same way. A Drawing. Doesn't matter if the final medium is chalk, oil, watercolor or digital.
Drawing for me is about thinking and speaking. I think about line, shape, contour and value - but more importantly drawing allows my mind to freely move between reality and non-reality.

The process of sketching is exactly the same as speaking or writing. When someone speaks out loud there is a tone in the voice. Sometimes it's pleasant and sometimes it's forceful. Making marks on a piece of paper is exactly the same thing - a tone.

This series of steps is simply about my process - Drawing, Color, Texture.
This final painting is made up of sketch and digital paint. My goal was to create a natural textual image. Not sure if I did or did not accomplish this goal - doesn't truly matter. It was fun and challenging.