Preliminary Drawings

I try to avoid complaining about ways the business has changed, because change is inevitable. Most of  the work I do is for book covers...I have noticed that in the last few years more and more art directors are asking for color comps-virtually finishes-as preliminary art instead of drawings.
 While I try to resist showing color sketches when I can, I do think the black and white preliminary sketch is becoming a rarity.  I thought I might show a few of my own here, with the hope that some other Drawgerites might do the same.