The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

This is referenced from a still in that WB Anniversary book I keep sketching from and is also a part of a continuing, occasional, challenge for myself to 1) watercolor; and 2) sketch Marilyn Monroe.

She's an elusive subject, as everything ever written about her has stated. There are many elements to her that I'd like to capture: to make her bombshell blonde sexy, while retaining the charming sweetness of her. Plus, every feature of hers seems so perfectly set, that even the slightest mistake or alteration makes the drawing look like an image of a cheap Hollywood Marilyn impersonator. As seen below, in some sketching I did of her when I first started this art exercise some time ago.



I can at least take some pride in that I've come a bit of way since then...