Young Thai Girl

charcoal pencil on paper

This is another sketch from one of the drawing sessions I've attended over the years. It's a simple sketch done with charcoal pencil in a 9" x 12" sketchbook. Sometimes I'll work on toned paper with charcoal and white, using the toned paper for a middle tone. Sometimes I'll use a large set of pastels and pastel pencils, often on paper that has a sandpaper like texture to take and hold pastel pigment firmly. On a few occasions I've brought along a pochade box for a portrait sketch in oils. But sometimes a simple sketchbook, charcoal, and kneaded eraser is everything necessary for a productive drawing session. Any one of these mediums would have worked well for portraying this exceptional model, but a simple sketch in an ordinary sketchbook seemed the thing for me to do that evening.

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