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Felt a little bold taking on a Vermeer (not sure why I had no qualms about Da Vinci or Van Gogh), but I couldn't resist "Girl With A Pearl Earring." This one was tricky. I did it over a previous drawing that had been rained on. There were places where the dust had been caked on, and it didn't brush off evenly at all. I had to kind of stab the clods with a bristle brush to break it up enough to get some intermediate tones. That's what gives this one a sort of stipple effect.