This is a sketch I did of a young woman. I found her picture in a clothing catalogue. Catalogues and magazines are good sources to find subjects to draw. This woman was modeling a swimsuit. I thought her young face was a nice challenge. I made changes to her hair and took out the hand in the hair, it is a portrait of her face and I didn't want to have things to distract from the face. I only did a strap on one shoulder of the suit only enough to show she was wearing something without making the clothing the subject of the sketch; making decisions like that are part of the fun of a sketch.
I took about 5 hours to sketch this. I kinda got board I would work on it another hour or so. It was done in charcoal pencil on acid free paper.
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