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Rescue

I almost lost this drawing today.

I traveled to the beach for a quick getaway. Along the way, I encountered so many beautiful plants and trees. When it came time to draw, I found this great driftwood fort built on the sand. I reached for the first thing I could draw, a 9B pencil. Everything was going great until I realized that the graphite was too delicate to retain any sort of image.

All of the graphite rubbed off on the way home - it was very disappointing. I decided to try and save the few marks that remained - going over them with pen and ink. This was a great opportunity to practice building up values with cross-hatching and texture. I'm really glad I was able to end the day with a record of one of my favorite moments.

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