Drawing: The way We Were

This is from a photo presented on Wetcanvas for a weekend drawing 

event. It is not for sale due to the requirements placed on this photo.  

But, having just gone to the Crocker Museum in Sacramento California 

to see an exhibit of the work of Norman Rockwell, this photo from the 

1930's was just what I wanted to draw.  It was drawn in graphite pencil 

and terra cotta prismacolor pencil.  I wanted the background to give an 

Art Deco feeling so, I added the concentric lines.  Then to push the back

-ground back I used a diagonal line to darken it.  I have always had an 

interest in American Illustration from the early 20th century, the age 

before the CAMERA replaced the artist in commercial art. If you 

have time, take look at the work of Norman Rockwell.  In order to 

compose his paintings he worked directly from models.  Then later,  

he took photographs of the posed models (due to time constraints) 

and he worked from these.  It is very interesting to see the photos 

he worked from and the final paintings that he produced.