These are done with the same materials mix as the prior post, on the same Maidstone paper. With the light graphite underlay, there is the potential to `punch up' highlights by some erasing, which I used a little bit that day. I also added a bit of Conte crayon onto some of the darkest areas. The charcoal I've been using gets down to 9.5 or so on a 10-point gray scale, and the Conte gets down to 10.
The top study was 15 minutes, and the lower one was 20 minutes with a further 40 minutes or so of background shading and reworking. The pose had some dramatic lighting and foreshortening, but was hard to reconcile with the horizontal space. The back of S- 's head got a little lost in the mix, and now looks a little too small, though that does force the perspective in the process.
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