Following the chart to 52 drawings this year.
My how the year has flown by. I hope you have enjoyed my drawing adventure. I attempted this challenge in order to stretch my drawing skills and force myself to practice each week. The benefits have been that I drew some subject matter that I probably wouldn’t have attempted if it weren’t for the prompt each week. On the other hand, I feel like I rushed through some of these drawings instead of taking my time and really “seeing” the subject of my piece. That is not a good method for improving. Going forward I think I will attempt fewer drawings but spend more time on each one. For my final drawing, my choice is to share with you the piece I am most proud of. Though I didn’t draw it this year, it is my best work. I say goodbye to 2018 with a portrait of my favorite poet: W.B. Yeats.
Meg Sorick, Author/Artist 
I enjoy your drawings.
Happy New Year, Meg!
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I’m so glad! Thanks you! That means a lot. Wishing you the best, Don!
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That is really very good Meg. I can see why you are proud of it. Justifiably so! There are some great photos and paintings of WBY. He had an “atmospheric” face, if such a thing exists!
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Thank you! You’re right about the many photos of Yeats – I had trouble picking one. He has a little bit of smoulder in this one I think! 😁
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I thoroughly enjoyed your sketches each week. This is a great one, indeed. I hope you keep doing these each week. 😃
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I’ll keep drawing but I think maybe every other week instead. I will post a work in progress shot on the week in between though!
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Right on. 👍🏻
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😃😃
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Wow, that is amazing, great work!
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Thank you so much, River!
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You’re welcome.
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Wonderful portrait, Meg! I want to wish you a very Happy New Year! ~ Mia 💗
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Thank you Mia! So good to see you! Wishing the best for you as well! 💖
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Thank you Meg! 💗
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Fabulous ❤️
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Thanks, Rita! ❤️
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This piece is excellent and you are justified in feeling proud of it! I cannit rwalky fathom how you get the textures so well of his hair and the overcoat that they look real. Even the eyes look as though they are piercing through you right now. I only wish this handsome gentleman had smiled exuding some warmth!
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Thank you! This took weeks of work. I actually began with grid lines to make sure I got the angles of his body and head position right!
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Wow that must have taken a lot of your patience and time but ultimately paid off as a master piece!
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Thank you again!
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Lots of typos. Read ‘I cannot really fathom’ in second and third lines.
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Not to worry, I knew what you meant!
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Thank you. Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year full of love and affection and lots of opportunities and achievements here and in the new land!
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Thank you Prema! I wish the same for you and yours! ❤️
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Very good indeed, Meg! And a Happy New Year.
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Thanks so much, Mick! Wishing the same to you!
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WBY looks like a moody fellow with a hair-thin temper. But I like it. Try drawing how you think your characters would look in Inhuman. Show us what**you** think Nathan looks like. Happy New Year to the entire Sorick clan.
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He was a bit gloomy and always had his head in the clouds a bit, but he was an exceptional poet so I would expect nothing less! That is a great idea,Tom! I do believe I will give that a try. And I hope the year is a good one for you and yours!
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