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Day 18

I've been trying very hard recently to balance my life: work, art, home. I want to make sure nobody or nothing is neglected but at the same time give 100% to all three. Art always seems to win out. I am sure it comes across as selfish and I've come to the conclusion that I must be pretty difficult to live with. I decided to put the hostile energy I was feeling at the time into this sketch of an American Crow. I really enjoyed working on it. I would like to look at these "butcher paper studies" in a more thoughtful light rather than only seeing them as practice.

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