From a year ago

 

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black marker on paper

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Barbara Muir © 2019

I worked on an Inktober drawing of a baby today, and it didn't turn 

out.  I'll work on it again and get it.  I might just have been tired
from close marking all weekend. I'm thinking of doing a series of
paintings of babies -- which will be a challenge, because even though
they look like rosebuds -- brand new, beautiful and perfect -- that
perfection is not simple to portray.

Why do I want to do paintings or drawings of babies?  One reason is

that some people I know and love, including one of my former models,

and someone who used to work helping me in the studio -- have had
adorable babies. 

 

Plus these babies are a relief from the news -- the hard times we're living
through, and the brutality people are wreaking on one another.  They

are innocent, and everything is possible with them.  I love that innocence,

and have loved babies since I was able to walk.