Here’s something I found and had completely forgotten about. A self portrait drawn way back in about 1982 or thereabouts, which would make me about 11 or 12 years old. I can vaguely remember drawing it, looking into the little mirror I had at the time, drawing with a HB pencil. Later on I upgraded to a graphite pencil set, given to me by my parents which had beautiful soft lead pencils in. Great for drawing and adding depth. Which this rendering lacks. But its not too bad for such a young effort. And in case your wondering, yes, my eyebrows were that big when I was growing up.

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this is how I remember you, maybe a year or so later. You were such a beautiful looking boy! xx