The drawings in this book are not "studies." They are complete in themselves. I draw "en plein air", out in the open, with the model in front of me in natural light. For most of these drawings my "studio" has been the ever moving shady section of sand beside and in front of me in a beach chair under an umbrella on the beach in the hot sun. I don't want to get sun burnt and I don't want the subjects of my drawings to see what I'm doing. I'm not as...