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I learned an important lesson that day.

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James Gurney
Jan 17, 2025
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I made this drawing on February 14, 1975 when I was sixteen. Back in those days I would take a bottle of ink and a set of dip pens around with me in a canvas backpack. I had no art teachers and no one told me that sketching with dip pens wasn’t the best idea.

Also, no one told me it’s kind of a dumb idea to sit in a field and sketch bulls. This bull was …

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