It has been such a pleasure to have been asked recently to do drawings for special birthdays. I love using pencil as a medium as it is direct and spontaneous. The poses couldn’t have been more different and ranged from a little girl clutching her unicorn soft toy to a grandfather taking his children out in a rowing boat. I especially liked the comraderie in the pose of the 3 teenagers which was drawn from a photo taken by their mother. However I added the smiles from other photos. Smiles and posing is too much to ask in one photograph! I have another large drawing on the go at the moment which I hope to share on the website soon.