How to draw like Picasso
In my spare time I have been trying to
draw portraits, from photos of jazz
musicians and writers.
After many failures I found that my
talent in drawing was knowing when to
stop; I left all the complicated things
out of my drawings.
Picasso said that after learning to draw
professionally he spent a lifetime trying
to draw like a child.
I took a shortcut and went straight to
the children’s style, without passing
through art school.
Published in I Know What She Will Say, 2003