Oh thanks so much Sellia this got up there so fast I was astonished. Thanks for commenting so quickly!!!!!

You're very welcome!!

wow...Wonderful, great Tribute, congratulations my very great friend Christin

Yes it is for Jeanette and I hope she likes this one. I took special care to try to make it special for her!!!

yes our friend Jeanette will love him, it is a very beautiful dedication and a very beautiful portrait that you have drawn for Jeanette, congratulations again my great friend Christine

Thanks again Anne Marie I always love hearing from you and seeing all the wonderful work you do on this site!!!

great job christine,contrasts are very goods

Oh thanks this means so much to me to have you like the values. I hope to continue to improve and I do watch your superb pieces to try to!!!

Thanks dear Lanka I appreciate your comments and I love your work as well!!

Thank you very much, dear Christine! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

G R A N D!

I am super thrilled that you like it Shahin it means the world to me that you think it is okay!!!!!!

This is really good,I wish I could draw like this.

Okay you have to experiment a lot. I have been drawing for thirty years and I am not where I want to be yet. Don't forget about graphite powder, charcoal, for the deep blacks and a nice spongy eracer for the highlights. Think newtral then do highlights and deep shadows. Don't try to be too realistic if people want a photo let them get one taken. Just have fun and do experimet. You may find another medium you excel in don't be afraid to try everything!!!

Okay I wanted to join but my drawing is not ready my first one Im going to try thanks for the advie I need all the advice in the world

okay then you have all my support don't be afraid we will help you get started. I am sure you will do well!!!!

WOW CHRISTINE! How can I ever thank you for doing this portrait and dedicating it to me?? Thank you so much. You did a fabulous job and I absolutely love it!! Bravo my sweet friend.

I am just thrilled that you like it Jeanette, I know if I can please you it must be okay!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Christine,your artisitc fingerprint is evident still,I am sure Jeanette will like this very much!

Oh dear Chris I always love hearing from you and I am always looking forward to seeing all your work and enjoying it too!!!

Wow Christine, this is magnificent. What a tribute indeed!!! Here's he's just a grizzled old Teddy bear, with very, very shiny eyes (caught so magnificently by you) ... what a life he had.

Thanks Jean I was hoping that you would like this drawing. He was a wonderful man and he did a lot of good in this world.

Like it? ... I love it!!! I don't really know the history of Ted Kennedy (besides some shadiness in his youth) ... but I would be very interested to read his biography - there's bound to be another one hitting the press in a very short time. I would love to get to know more about the goodness in his life, because it's the goodness that really makes a man, the shadiness must be overruled - we all make mistakes afterall. Goodness, my own life has been one big bundle of dumb mistakes (especially in rotten decision making )!!!

I think that in his youth he was quite wild and he did drink alcohol an was not always wise in that time. But the fact that he divoted his life pretty much to public improvement in government I think he was a very interesting and activist member of his renound family!!!

... Oh weren't and didn't we all?! Back in those hazy, crazy days of summer when brains weren't ticking correctly, body parts were doing strange things, life was an oyster and consequences be damned!!! Sigh - glad those days are over. Nowdays my brain's still not ticking right, my body parts need replacing, the world's a catfish and I'm paying the consequences of past actions.

Wow Jean am I looking in the mirror you sound like my identical twin!!!!! Just remember to forgive yourself you are only human!!!!!

So much to forgive, I'm afraid, my sweet friend Christine. Well, looking up - if it weren't for all my mistakes and having to dodge all the shit ricochetting off the fan - I wouldn't be where I am now. Oh my goodness, where am I????

You are alive, well and still kicking and it beats the alternative!!!!!!! Keep on trucking you can do this no doubts about that!!!!!

The alternative is inevitable and not so scary as I thought it may be - the scary bit is oldage and senility. - Let us all remain forever young, though wise and filled with wanderlust until we cross over to the other side. May we never sit still, may the desire in our hearts live forever and may passion continue to flow through our veins.

Amen to that Jean. But if I am senile I won't know when I fade into the other dimention so in a way it may be an easier transition but not for at least another thirty or fourty years if I am lucky I am now 62 years old so that would be a good thing I think!!!!

... Actually, there's a thin line between senility and madness - so I guess when I hit the senile stage I won't know the difference anyway

Ohh! Formidable! A great homage!! Bravoo my dear Christine!

Thanks so much Marino I am always so happy to hear from you you know I admire your work sooooo much thanks dear!!!!!!!!!

fantastic work ...christine

Thanks so much Nader so happy you like this Ted Kennedy I am very happy you like it!!!

Excellent!!

Glad you liked this portrait of Ted Kennedy have a great weekend!!!!

you too my beautiful friend.

beautiful

Thanks Majka glad you like this portrait of Ted!!!

this is perfect , i love your style , it's so original and interesting and i love that you like to try everything too , you have tried so many styles really love his skin , hair is so cool too , it's very very beautiful , really good blending

Thanks so much I am thrilled that you like my style I try to keep my gallery interesting and thanks for noticing!!

Thanks Claudine I am so happy that you like this portrait of Ted Kennedy come back soon and have a great weekend!!

Thanks Lise have a great weekend and keep submitting your fine characatures I love them they are great!!

Oh thanks Henri I am sooooo happy you like Ted Kennedy!!!!

Oh thanks Sofya I am sooooooo happy that you like my Ted Kennedy!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Bea glad you like my Ted Kennedy!!!!

Superbe !

Thanks so much Pikie!!!

So beautiful tribute!!

Thanks Paladino for your nice comment. I hope to be seeing more from you too!!!

Ur welcome, and thank you, too, my friend Christine!!

Splendid, it's very beautiful

Thanks so much come back soon!!!