Sketches for Vincent

Animals for Vincent

When I am working on a drawing, my son has a habit of sitting on my lap to watch me work. Even though he was stopping me, it really was special to become the adult drawing for the inspired child just like my uncle inspired me. But, I need to do my work. So now I ask him to look through my books and find an animal that he likes so we can sit together and draw. Most of these are drawn based on the sketches in Jack Hamm's How to Draw Animals.









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