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This is a colored pencil drawing of a young Native American mother with her infant child.

An artist should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except when exposed by the light. —Leonardo da Vinci “As an artist working exclusively on black paper for my colored pencil works, I identify with this quote from da Vinci. Each colored pencil work I create begins as a shadowy sketch, a faint impression of what is to come. With each layer of pencil applied, the subject emerges, bit by bit, until the full revealing transpires. I begin each piece with the final work already visible in my mind's eye, yet the journey of the grand revealing both delights and surprises me still. I began working in colored pencil after being introduced to it through a college drawing class. I love the...