It's been a long time...

[Cindy Procious]

Originally Posted by Linda Brandon

This is lovely, Cindy. You drew from what I find is the most difficult position, where the nose almost touches the cheek. Hard to get that western eye to turn properly and you did a wonderful job with it.

What is Fusain Nitram charcoal, and can you take a photo of a piece of it?

Thanks Linda (and Ilaria & Kim!)

Here's a link to the charcoal:
Fusain Nitram

We were asked to buy this brand. It's very nice - lays down a much more expressive line than vine charcoal. I noticed a huge difference.

It's square so it's hard to sharpen. Costs a lot more, so when it snaps off during sharpening and falls into the trash barrel, expletives fly (under the breath, of course)! And it's dumpster diving time! LOL.

[Mischa Milosevic]

Cindy, from your comments, I see that you came away with much not just a well done drawing. I have seen a many a art students, dare not retrace their steps, in order to fix and learn from their mistakes, for the fear of not having enough time to finish and get a likable end result. We miss so much by hurrying through the process to get a likeness. I still catch my self making these same mistakes. Like you say check and re-check each step and the result will come. Good for you!

I love those charcoals! I purchased mine in Italy some time ago, three boxes B, HB & H for 130 Eur. Thanks for the link, I need to get some soon.