JUST finished drawing

I am so glad that this drawing is finally done. Putting down my ideas onto paper has led me to ask if the immediacy (compared to the paintings) and the loose quality it brings might be doable in a paining. Though I haven't figured out if it is worth negating the meanings surrounding document-like appearance my paintings need

A Different Sort of March on Washington

Back in July I created White Men (left) for the exhibition paper works . I'd forgotten how different an approach drawing is. From start to finish the image took about 3 longish days in a process which is much freer than the paintings I've worked on in the past 5 years. I really like the idea and action itself of working in chalk and charcoal, something I mentally associate with French academic art. However, this drawing is based on a digital photo taken on vacation sent through my computer to a projector intended for television or classroom work.