Behind the scenes, and besides all the other sketches I've worked on, I've been slowly and methodically working on my sketch of William Butler Yeats. I'm not quite sure it's finished … I may tweak it just a little more but I'm really happy with how it's coming along…
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
That’s really, really great, Doc! Wow! 😃
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Thanks, Beach! I’m really excited about this one. Yeats is one of my favorite poets. And this is my favorite image of him!
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Hahaha! That doesn’t surprise me! He’s Irish, right? 😃😃
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He sure is!!! ☘️☘️☘️
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😃👍🏻
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It is excellent… can you name the other Irish recipients for the Nobel prize for literature?
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Joyce? Keats? Um…
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Keats????
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Keats mother’s maiden name was Jennings – same as mine. How about that…
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Not Joyce either
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There is four…. two playwrites and two poets
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Omg! Seamus Heaney … loved his translation of Beowulf! Who else???
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Beckett and George Bernard Shaw
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Oh damn… of course
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Yes. Another class time with Cake.
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And it is a brilliant translation
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I had a high old time trying to piece the Old English alongside the modern translation… because of course I had to try
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Of course you did. Goodnight Meg, super late here. When you get time take a look at my new Nadia Maria post.
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I saw it… will comment soon. G’night Rex Felix
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I like that
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Good!
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And they didn’t have the nobel prize in Keats time and he wasn’t Irish
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No shit… would’ve sworn
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I think you are being sarcastic there
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He looks great! Nice work.
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Thank you! I want to go back in time and meet him!
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Can I come? I’ve got a lot of reasons I’d like to go back in time…!
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Yes, indeed! I’m always looking to rewrite history…
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Nice! You are getting so good!
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I’m really having fun with this!
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This is an absolutely fantastic copy Meg. There’s no mistaking who it is.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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Thank you so much! Massive hugs back!!
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Amazing!
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Thanks Phil!
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Meg, it’s amazing. It really is!
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Thank you so much Rob!
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Well captured! Great sketching, Meg.
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Thank you Stuart! 🙂
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Oooooh my meg..
That’s a really good sketch..
it’s perfect 👌🏽..
You are really getting so good 😊…
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Thank you Nita! I’m enjoying it so practicing is not a hardship!
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Once you find joy in it..
it’s never a hardship
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Exactly!
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Meg, you knocked this one, right out of the park!
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Thank you so much! I am really happy with it!
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You’re welcome!
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This is splendid Meg 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Wow!! Excellent!! 🤗
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Thank you! I’m really pleased with it!
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You really should be. It’s totally awesome!
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Now I have to figure out the next thing…. 😃
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Ohh yes! Do you have ideas?
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I found a really cool internet photo – its a woman with most of her face covered by hair but her eyes are beautiful and she has a funky butterfly hair clip in. It’s a great image.
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Sounds great! Eyes are hard for me. Well, at this point everything is because it’s been so long. Lol
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My biggest problem is symmetry – making them equal and evenly sized. 😬
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Oh yeah…that is hard. I have trouble drawing round irises. And getting them not to look like someone has a lazy eye.
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My faces are all crooked – like everyone had a stroke. I erase more than I draw sometimes!
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Ha ha. Symmetry is hard!
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Superlatives fail me! It’s good, very good.
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Truly fantastic!
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Thanks so much, Em!
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