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12" x 9" Charcoal on Paper

The lighting in the studio at last Thursday's portrait session illuminated the model's face, leaving the shadows and background dark. Passing over the graphite pencil, I returned to charcoal for this session. Charcoal's darker value and quicker application allowed me to address the dark areas better than graphite could for this drawing. 

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