I decided to work on light brown paper and have it act as a lighter mid tone. I then used black charcoal for my shading and white charcoal for my lightest tone. I found it difficult to create a smooth transition from light to dark.
Looking back I feel perhaps I should have embraced the rougher shading techniques explored in the next exercise of this project. I find that my drawing style tends to change depending on what medium that I am working with. I also find that I tend to be afraid of making my drawings too dark and so end up making them much too light.
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