[Chris Saper]

Hi Jennifer,

I love this photo, too. I can't tell from the post but it looks to me like you have scarcely any middle tones...if you can't find good middle tone information, even by backlighting the photo/overexposing a print, I would suggest foregoing color, and working the image in charcoal, sauce (see Peggy B's info), or sepia. Because there is a great deal of solid dark, you might work an a midddle to dark-muiddle tone paper, primarily pulling up the lights, ..maybe using white charcoal pencil and a ground in deep ochre or gray-green? It a great opportunity to really practice your drawing and modeling skills.

Not every image needs to be done in a tradional way...sometimes there are opportunities that might not otherwise be present!

Chris

P.S. I would lose the sipping cup and go with an apple or some other simple, recognizable shape.