July: Portrait of kori

My daily practice of drawing faces continues: in over three months, I have skipped two days. While still doing graphite and ink, it’s charcoal that most often yields what I realize I want:

A structurally correct head with a face that expressed the subject’s spirit. This means that besides digging more deeply into the structure and the techniques of charcoal I am being more selective in the models that I choose (mostly from the sktchy app). If I don’t have an emotional response there’s no reason to draw.

This is Kori. Done in charcoal on gray toned paper.

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