Blonde expression

"I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for." -- Otis Criblecoblis
[soft pencil]

Charcoal to embers

"For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife." -- The Bible

[charcoal pencil, felt tip]

Africano

"For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." -- Maya Angelou

[pen and ink, Photoshop]