▁her ▁work . ▁Of ▁the ▁two , ▁the ▁fig ural ▁pieces ▁sing ▁most ▁loud ly ▁to ▁us ▁today . ▁A ▁lo ver ▁of ▁beauty , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁female ▁form ▁that ▁most ▁stim ulated ▁Am anda ' s ▁sens ib ilities . ▁Broad ▁sw ath s ▁of ▁color ▁force ▁the ▁vie wer ▁to ▁confront ▁the ▁subject ▁on ▁her ▁own ▁terms . ▁These ▁are ▁real ▁women , ▁with ▁real ▁feelings . ▁ ▁Block ' s ▁ed itions ▁are ▁small , ▁s eld om ▁more ▁that ▁a ▁dozen ▁prints ▁per ▁edition . ▁O ften ▁however , ▁each ▁print ▁required ▁a ▁dozen ▁or ▁more ▁print ings ▁to ▁layer ▁the ▁colors ▁one ▁upon ▁the ▁other , ▁finally ▁real izing ▁the ▁image ▁Am anda ▁required . ▁Her ▁was hes ▁are ▁fin ely ▁controlled ▁and ▁the ▁ju xt ap osition ▁between ▁was h ▁and ▁line ▁builds ▁a ▁t ension ▁that ▁adds ▁a ▁third ▁dimension ▁to ▁the ▁effect . ▁ ▁Draw ings ▁and ▁water colors ▁ ▁Block ▁believed ▁that ▁drawing ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁the ▁artist ' s ▁tools . ▁As ▁a ▁drawing ▁instruct or ▁at ▁John ▁Her ron ▁she ▁always ▁remained ▁true ▁to ▁traditional ▁principles ▁and ▁classic ▁approaches ▁to ▁real izing ▁the ▁subject . ▁Her ▁subject , ▁the ▁one ▁with ▁which ▁she ▁most ▁surely ▁reson ated , ▁was ▁the ▁female ▁form , ▁and ▁through ▁it ▁the ▁vision ▁and ▁sens ual ity ▁of ▁the ▁woman . ▁ ▁Block ▁drew ▁from ▁life ▁every ▁week ▁of ▁her ▁working ▁career ; ▁and ▁these ▁draw ings , ▁originally ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁studies ▁and