Step Numero Three...Realization Station

This oh so lovely post will be the home of my final sketch. Unfortunately this sketch is not currently residing on my canvas. After I so PAIN STAKINGLY drew this, Mr. Miller brought an important fact to my attention. I'm just not ready. As I held up my sketchbook like a proud child for him to see I saw the look almost instantly. It's that Miller look, the one that says "How am I going to tell her without making her angry or hurt?" In my mind I could already see it coming, this was not the painting I was going to be creating. Now that I've started a new design I realize that in all actuality he was right (of course), and that if I would have tried to paint this I would have been extremely frustrated with the outcome. Still, that doesn't mean I didn't want to sit and pout for a good fifteen minutes. In my defense, I did NOT pout, I did as I was told and came up with a new sketch over the weekend! So goodbye Mr. Smokey, maybe another time? It's not you, it's me.