3rd entry for May 20, 2012

These are two 5-minute studies and a 10-minute one below. All are hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.
I saw J-   performing in a Butoh influenced dance piece he choreographed, called "The Lord of Death" two days earlier, and that was colouring the way I was trying to draw him. The background texture in the lower one (done while he was taking a break) was influenced by the stage lighting effects.