Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Alma Jo and Ali

Alma Jo Barrera of Texas was one of the few women to get seriously into BMX freestyle in the 80's.  I got to know her then, and we reconnected on Facebook a year or so ago.  She asked me to do a series of drawings for her.  This one, of her and her dog Ali near a river, was a new challenge for me.  With my style, faces don't always come out well, and I'd never drawn rushing water, which is a lot trickier to do than it sounds.  But I gave it my best shot, and added the color bars top and bottom to play off the color in Ali's collar.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".

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