Another dig through the old photo box turned up a little Polaroid shot of a friend in the apartment my first husband and I rented in Norfolk, VA. Lee and my husband, Bob, were close friends and were stationed together on the same ship in the Navy. The guitar case and a little mandolin on the wall in the 1977 photo inspired a new story in my mind. The figure became a country musician, finishing a song he would record on his first album. I used the photo as a starting point and went from there. I had at first thought to sketch the entire thing in monochromatic sepia tones, but a red shag rug cried out to be a major player.
You have really captured the feel of the seventies in this sketch.
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