Gary

[Linda Brandon]

You've done a very nice job on this one, Josef - I especially like the soft edge on the eastern cheek. Can you tell us the materials you used, particularly the paper?

[Josef Sy]

Thank you very much Linda.

For the materials, I used vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, compressed charcoal, paper stump, and kneaded eraser. For the paper, I used bond paper sheets (18x24). They are less heavy but I prefer the smoothness.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Very nice portrait, Josef. Reminds me a lot of early Lucien Freud.