There are drawings where everything seems to go right. There is an instant connection with the pose, the colors immediately come to mind and one leads into another, even the re-work and corrections are effortless. This drawing, Torso I, is a case in point. I am submitting a drawing to an exhibition and my last effort was forced, tight, and unrewarding. Possibly because I was thinking too much about "getting it right". This time, for some reason, I did not have those concerns, and everything flowed easily, in two three-hour sessions. I am pleased with the freedom of the strokes, the color choices, and most importantly, that I "put the pencil down" and didn't overwork it.
My only bit of 20/20 hindsight: it probably could have been cropped a little more aggressively to improve the dynamics of the figure to the frame edge. A lesson for next time.
