Here is a set of charcoals that I drew back in 1983 This was my first real attempt at charcoal drawings.They had been framed and I just recently took them out to get prints made. The lady on the left lived to be 102 and lived just 100 miles down the road from me in Chehalis. The second from the left is Quanah Parker of the Comanche tribe. Than there is Chief Joseph and Wild Bill Cody. Quanah Parker was the last one I did in the set and I attempted to increase the contrast. They each took about three days to do as I remember. Over the last 30 years they have begun to fade and yellow. Personnally, I feel that fading is in keeping with the subject matter.
Sort of an unhappy bunch of characters.
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