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I had expected to draw many pictures in Barbados. I had expected to go to Bathsheba, Farley Hill, Gun Hill, and all the scenic places, and to draw what I saw as well as photograph them.

As it turned out, I had neither a carn or a bag, and I was afraid of losing either my camera or my drawing book and clipboard if I carried them both, so I usually just carried my camera.

However, when I went to what I always knew as Accra Beach (although the powers that be are trying to have it called Rockley Beach), I carried the drawing pad and clipboard instead of the camera.

This led me to draw a picture of a woman sleeping on a deck chair on the beach, with Rockley Gap in the background. Rockley Gap was not in the background at the angle at which I saw the woman. I drew Rockley Gap in the background because I wanted the more curious onlookers to think I was drawing Rockley Gap, which was in a different direction altogether than the woman was. I also worked on the background every time she stirred in her sleep.

I was so afraid that I'd ruin this picture by inking it that I scanned it as a pencil drawing and used PhotoImpression to darken it. I then printed it, made corrections with a pan and some Wite-Out, scanned the print in monochrome, and made further corrections with PhotoImpression and MSPaint.

Description
I had expected to draw many pictures in Barbados. I had expected to go to Bathsheba, Farley Hill, Gun Hill, and all the scenic places, and to draw what I saw as well as photograph them.

As it turned out, I had neither a carn or a bag, and I was afraid of losing either my camera or my drawing book and clipboard if I carried them both, so I usually just carried my camera.

However, when I went to what I always knew as Accra Beach (although the powers that be are trying to have it called Rockley Beach), I carried the drawing pad and clipboard instead of the camera.

This led me to draw a picture of a woman sleeping on a deck chair on the beach, with Rockley Gap in the background. Rockley Gap was not in the background at the angle at which I saw the woman. I drew Rockley Gap in the background because I wanted the more curious onlookers to think I was drawing Rockley Gap, which was in a different direction altogether than the woman was. I also worked on the background every time she stirred in her sleep.

I was so afraid that I'd ruin this picture by inking it that I scanned it as a pencil drawing and used PhotoImpression to darken it. I then printed it, made corrections with a pan and some Wite-Out, scanned the print in monochrome, and made further corrections with PhotoImpression and MSPaint.