Ink and Watercolor Portrait of Woman in Blue carved wooden pen With hangers for handles

With hangers for handles

but one also comes to realize not all old apothecary jars are the same

but it was never backed (which I think is a good thing

I have seen baskets of this size referred to as thimble baskets

and some light scratching and spotting on the mirror--all as documented in photos

Ink and Watercolor Portrait of Woman in Blue carved wooden pen With hangers for handlesA bit awkward, but I really like this drawing a lotI keep looking at it, finding her a bit hard to pin down, but she definitely looks to me like she knows her own mind and I think perhaps shes a suburban mother with a feminist activist in her about to emerge! She also looks to me like she's holding a juicy secret. 10 1 2 x 14. Black ink, watercolor and pencil (pencil for her eyeballs) on sketchbook paper. A bit of crinkling along the top and a light