In other postings I've mentioned my process of reviewing previous works, mostly as a way to look at past techniques and accomplishments. It's also a way to gauge how skills and ideas change over time. So here is a really old sketch I ran across not long ago.
This about 8x10 graphite sketch depicts Stewart, who was 96 or 97 at the time. We were guests in the same house and often spent an hour or two on the front porch after breakfast. Although he was a relatively abstemious man, Stewart allowed himself one cigar every morning. So he and I sat and discussed many things. Born with the century that was fading, he'd been a bit too young for the first World War and a bit too old for the second. But he had spent nearly a century working and observing the world. Stewart was still mentally very sharp though physically his age was obvious. Even now, a quarter century later, I remember his quick laugh and mischievous demeanor.
Sketching is visual journaling.
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