[ross hamilton hill]

Sharon, thanks for your comment, I agree that the boy is the better drawing. Your crit was very perceptive.
I used to be a model in life drawing classes so am familiar with what you mean.
I thought everyone would realize what I meant by 'mouse'.
I've don't draw or paint much anymore only occasionally.
I have a slideshow of portraits on YouTube if anyone's interested, not in this style, but all 'imagined' although really I think most are stored faces dredged up from the subconcious. I never set out to draw someone, it just happens and after it's finished I think 'Oh, that's Mandy.'

[Graham King]

Hi Ross, I like these!
Yes, I would like to see your YouTube slideshow (link, please?), and would also be interested to know how long each of these sketches took you.

[ross hamilton hill]

Graham thanks for your interest. here is the link. Please excuse my lame singing.

https://youtu.be/SJ5lH83J9f0

If anyone else is interested all my YouTubes can be found when you are in YouTube by searching 'ross hamilton hill'

I'm not sure how long they took to do, I work very quickly, I wrote 'a couple of minutes' but really it was more like seconds with the boy and not much more with old woman ( I see her as a woman) with the Paint program you can erase without any sign you have done so and I use that technique a lot. Something you can't do with pen and ink.

[Gail White]

A new art form is born. Loved the women.

[Michael Cantor]

Yes, and the incredible thing is that it only takes seconds to create. Even less time than a poem.

[ross hamilton hill]

Gail, the new art form is YouTube, my effort is one of many, two of the best I've seen is the four seasons productions of Poema 20 and Inclinado En Las Tardes both a combination of music, poetry and film, ( in Spanish with English subtitles). Both Naruda poems. Inclinado is my favourite, slideshows with music are also common although I didn't steal anyone's music. I'm sure the law will sooner or later catch up with people who steal music or photos and post them on YouTube and other sites and then enable ads and make money off the backs of artists who can't afford to stop them.

Michael see Sharon's remarks about quick sketching on this thread.