I was really feeling too tired to do this tonight, after a long day of travel and trying to be a good dad, but my fledgling artist daughter Noble asked me to sit with her and draw. If I'm going to be credible when I tell her to draw all the time and not worry about the result, I have to walk the talk. So I did that, and in solidarity with how difficult she finds the practice, I used a Mars Lumograph 8B pencil that I hate the feel of - like fingernails on a chalkboard - to make the challenge a little tougher on my end.
pipes and paraphernelia on my messy worktable, 8 1/4 x 11 9/16, Mars Lumograph 8B graphite and Prismacolors
detail of Rad Davis squashed apple pipe