October 01, 2007
classy lady of the day

I got mixed up in a drawing challenge and was commanded to do a portrait of either Theodora Keogh (novelist), Vera Nabokov (editor/translator), or Ingrid Pitt (actor best known for playing scantily clad vampires in Hammer B-movies). I couldn't find any photos of the first two on short notice, so now I have the good fortune to have learned a few things about the artist formerly known as Ingoushka Petrov (1937-): stage and screen actor, writer, horror nerd, commenter on current events, fan club doyenne and, as far as I can tell, general badass - though I still haven't seen any of her movies.

Started out drawing her as one of those heavily-made-up, big-haired, cleavagey vamps, but then I just made everything the opposite. Picture here.

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