Thanks once again Claire

you're welcome

Wonderful

Many thanks for your kind comment Mellody

great

Thank you kindly Paul

Fantastic shadows and mood. I think the classic horror characters are some of your best artworks.

Thanks Scotty I have a soft spot for the old Universal Monsters, and I always think , the more you like (love) a subject the better the finished work will be.

I was thinking about what you said here, and I think you are right in general. Because - when you are really fond of a subject, I think it gives you a heightened attention, care, thoughtfulness, reflection, scrutiny, etc. that you cannot match from effort alone. And so this feeling and inspiration shows up in the artwork in fact, in practice, not only in imagination. When I draw something I'm not as fond of, it becomes a little more mechanical. I'm still focused, but probably not to the same degree.

I don't know if anyone else feels this. I don't think it applies across the board, as so many good artists can produce great work to order ( to commission ) . There are many reasons that make me want to draw a certain face. But if there is NO feeling there it just doesn't work. And if there is a want to draw someone, generally , it just flows.

Even if you work on something uninteresting, your skills don't disappear. On the other side, anyone can have a bad day and make uncharacteristic mistakes, no matter if they love the subject matter. Nonetheless, I think the more absorbed you are with making the work, for whatever reason, it can only help the result. The more interested you are in the subject, the higher this engagement will tend to be, therefore the better the result will tend to be (on an average). I think many people feel this instinctively, but there is also a concrete, logical reason for it. There are many famous artists who worked on commission or salary to earn their bread and did great work doing so, but their greatest masterpieces were done on the side for fun (where their passion had free rein).

Yes, I admire the artists who produce great work to earn their living, but I know I could never do it. The results would be far short of money making work. That is not to say that the work I do for pleasure is always first class, far from it ! But if even one of my drawings turns out fairly good, you can be sure it was done with love and pleasure