...and a few that I’m actually fond of. In the end, what remains are the hours spent with a pencil in hand and a body of work that someone might enjoy.

To close it out, of course: “The End.” The Beatles, The Doors, and Silvio Rodríguez all sang about endings—this one is mine, for my sketchbook.

It’s been a space to practice anatomy, explore new techniques, test materials, and most of all, try to draw every day.

As expected—and being a sketchbook for experiments—I drew some terrible things, some mediocre ones, ...

...and ♀ is also Friday ("Viernes" in Spanish - "Veneris Dies" in latin" - Venus' day) named after Venus. Logic too.

Thus we have 2 symbols for three different topics, that don't mean the same but are deeply related: sexes, planets and days of the week.

Impressive!

... named after the God of War) and ♀ is the symbol for Venus (the planet named after the Godess of Love, Sex, Beauty and Fertility). Logic.

* But also, ♂ is the symbol of Tuesday, the weekday, which in latin languages is named after the God Mars ("Martes" in Spanish)...

It is impressive reading how a symbol can be used for different items, but always keeping a link between them. Example (that led me to paint this page in my sketchbook)::

* ♂ is the male symbol (masculine/man) and ♀ the female one (femenino/woman).

* But also ♂ is the symbol of Mars (the planet...

I cannot believe @underpaintacademy.bsky.social (probably the best online courses nowadays for illustrators) liked my humble picture.