/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I tried showing my artwork to my mother. She would glance at it,smile,then say that I should give up art and get into tennis,"because you have the legs for it. "

Sometimes you shouldn't bother with a type of person. As Robert E Heinlein said through Lazarus Long,"Never teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."

>>6659706
I tried it this way with other works,and was dissatisfied with the results. See how the color clings to the lines,especially on the noses? I would like to keep the lines black,as if I was physically painting india ink lines with water color,like this.