Sketched Drawn & Painted: Saxophone player is finished, but ...

Hello Everyone, I am exited to ...

I've finished my charcoal drawing of the saxophone player, but ...

I did use Prismacolor!

When I first started this drawing I thought for sure it was just going to be charcoal. My first idea was a drawing all in color, but my idea changed to no color, and then changed yet again to allow some color to show! Awesome!

COLOR!

I mean ... COLOR!

So here it is ... The final drawing revealed along with the story behind the artwork.

BUT FIRST ...

Let's face it,

Take a look at the face progression!

Now the final drawing, from start to finish.

Day 1: The Outline; finding the shapes and the basic layout.

Another Day: (not sure which one. probably a day I worked on it).

Yet Another Day: Looks like some more detail has been added to the jacket.

There's his neck strap

Ah Yes: That's very handy

Oh! There it is!:

For a moment it seemed there would be no color. Finally! Color has shown up.

There it is! The bell is finished and

we can finally see the My Little Pony Sticker.

Oh Yeah! More color! Almost done.

And if we look closer ...

there appears to be a sticker.

Yes it is, it's a My Little Pony sticker.

And the finished drawing.

If you would like to read his story please keep reading.

The Story of Martin the Jazz Player

He was born with a musical talent - music was his life. His name was Martin.

At a very young age his grandfather taught him how to play the tenor sax - his favorite instrument, for his grandfather was a very well known jazz player. Martin looked up to his grand-pappy and wanted to be just like him.

Martin studied hard; he practiced everyday. He soon learned all the ins and outs of music and was getting better each day. His director skipped him through middle school band right to high school when he was just ten years old - the youngest high school student.

After high school he went on to study music at one of the finest colleges around; he was ranked highest in his class.

He soon found out music was not one of the highest paying jobs, so he was constantly busking on the street corner to try and support his wife and two daughters.

Georgia and Charlotte, Martins daughters, loved ponies and everything pink; so as a reminder of his promise to his daughters he kept a precious My Little Pony sticker on the side of his saxophone's bell.

He promised his girls that he would bring them to a My Little Pony theme park. He gets up at the break of dawn and plays til dusk for the love of music and every time he looks at that sticker he is reminded of his daughters and all their family memories from picnics in the park, to city strolling, to window shopping; Martin always makes time for his family.

As Georgia and Charlotte grew older, their dreams to a My Little Pony theme park changed to a visit to a pony farm. And as they grew into their late teens they dreamed of owning their own horses and going on rides together in the country side with their family.

Martin, their father never broke his promises, he would do anything to get his daughters a horse - even if it meant playing longer hours and booking more gigs at big-time stages around the globe and traveling with the Big bands.

To this day Martin still may be seen on New York's city streets playing his saxophone or strolling down the city streets window shopping with his family. His girls still love ponies and everything pink. And if you ever spot Martin, look closely and you may even spot that My Little Pony sticker on the side of his bell ever so faded from the sunlight.