Well, back on the drawing thing again. Several people, no not just the one, have suggested that I make myself look like my grandmother in my drawings. I take that to mean that I make myself look 30 years older, whereas in reality I’m told I look ten years younger 
(It’s true!). I’ve thought about this and wondered why. I try to draw what I feel like, rather than what I look like, so maybe I feel two generations older? Er, no, I definitely don’t feel like I belong to my mother’s mother’s generation. Maybe it’s just what the depression looks like. Not good. Anyway, I decided to take some photos as I worked on a drawing, to see if there was any point in particular I become ‘old’! I think maybe I just start that way – what do you think?
Just before I started drawing - really do I look that old?!
Stage 1, just scribbling to get a feel for the paper
Stage 1, just scribbling to get a feel for the paper
Stage 2, not looking too old yet?
Stage 3, er no...
Stage 4? Seriously, get rid of it
Stage 5, try again - getting older yet?
Stage 4? Seriously, get rid of it
Stage 5, try again - getting older yet?
Stage 6 - obliterate it (and me) completely
Stage 7 - getting older...
Stage 8, oh god just look at it
Stage 9? Right that's it, I'm bored with this now. It didn't go the way I wanted; it went lots of different ways, none of them the right way. Meh. Trying hard to suppress urges to bin this one.
Just before I started drawing - really do I look that old?!
Any resemblance between the last drawing and the photo then, I don’t know! Does it matter if I look 50 years older in the drawing? You can of course leave me your honest comments!
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I think it might be around the eyes. While you do have a narrow-ish face, there is still just a bit of fleshy roundness at your cheekbones that I think might add some youthfulness. Also, I think if you made the eyebrows clearer, it might help. However, self portraits are hard. The intense concentrating expression isn’t usually the most flattering to work from, haha. That’s why I stopped LONG time ago, and squash the urge whenever it arises
I think maybe when i draw myself I scrutinise every single line, every freckle, but most of all I’m interested in the eyes and what they ‘say’ – I’ve never really been too worried about what they look like until I had these last couple of comments and it got me thinking (not in a negative way, I don’t really care about how old I look – in my drawings, ha, ha!!
). Thanks for your comment Cassandra, look forward to calling over to your blog soon 
While you do look older in the drawing, it certainly does look like you and you’re REALLY talented!!!
Thank you so much
That’s very kind of you.
That’s very generous of you
, thank you.