Contrasting Portrait Sketches

13" x 10" Pastel on Gray Paper

Here's a couple from last weeks portrait sessions. The drawing directly above is from Thursday. I'm happy to be getting the colors out again after a long time of using only charcoal at the portrait sessions. 

I still see value in black and white sketches, though. (No pun intended!) That's why at Tuesdays session I used charcoal to make the following sketch:

12" x 9" Charcoal on Paper

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