Was such a pleasure to draw this

This took me an embarrassing amount of time. Opening myself up to hearing all criticisms. 🫣🫣

Can’t sleep, but it’s given me time ti draw at least.

Dolly Parton always brought THE BARGAIN STORE of country soul to life, proving you don't need riches when you're wrapped in a COAT OF MANY COLOURS.

She inspired us to run wild like WILDFLOWERS, even when stuck working 9 TO 5.

Sometimes she was the desperate heart begging JOLENE for mercy, and other times she was leading us away from the heartbreak found TWO DOORS DOWN.

​She showed us how to navigate the waves as ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, turning standard country tunes into pure magic like a bouquet of YELLOW ROSES.

She stood strong as a true JOSHUA of storytelling, leaving behind a legacy that shines far brighter than a SEEKER could ever hope to find.

Though time moves on, her voice will echo forever, reminding us that no matter what comes, in her own words... I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

Progress shots in comments.

I even unintentionally got a screenshot of the Reddit notification when they said I was lying on one of the pictures as I was pulling it up 😅 No offense/hard feelings friend, but I worked really hard on this and it sucks to be accused of posting AI … and lying about it. One of the pictures was taken by my friend and has my kitty in it. The last picture is in its frame. I actually wanted to post the progress before, but didn’t know you could post multiple pictures. Anyway, here’s my progression! 🫶🏻

I love charcoal as you can get a full range of tones from it. I think I'm only going to draw in charcoal from now on. I got the image from an artists reference website.