Charcoal And Pencil Sketch of Woman Over Shoulder

I started with an hb graphite pencil and then used a stub to blend some to make an underdrawing of the face. I then used a darker pencil and moved on from there to several charcoal pencils to deepen the values in the face. I worked out the hair almost as an afterthought. I used a white charcoal to add some highlights, the paper was white, (it doesn't show well), so the white was only a half value but I think it worked.

Woman Portrait in mixed media

I was trying to get the contrast of the hair and the dark shadows in the face she had brown hair but I gave it a lighter value to strengthen the contrast. I wanted the drawing to look like a drawing so I kept some of the pencil work rough and refrained from using the blending stub so much.

I wanted the face to be rougher than it turned out but It seems to work.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my work. Thanks for taking the time to look. 
Adron 

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