1st entry for Nov 7, 2011

On the Monday,  T-        was working at the Ralph Thornton Centre. These are three 1-minute studies above and a 3-minute one below.  All are hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Nov. 6, 2011

These are three 15-minute studies, each done with hard compressed U-Art charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper.

1st entry for Nov 6, 2011

On the Sunday morning I came in for some practice, and found L-    working.    He was a new model for me. These are a 5-minute study above, and two 10-minute ones below, all done with hard compressed U-Art charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

3rd Entry for Nov. 4, 2011

Above are three 15-minute studies , then a 20-minute one, and a 7-minute study at the bottom.
All were done with hard compressed U-Art charcoal sticks.
The second study from the bottom is done on 21 x 29" Strathmore paper from a big roll, and all the others are on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Nov. 4, 2011

These are three 10-minute studies and a 15-minute one below. All use hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper.

1st entry for Nov 4, 2011

On the Friday night,  B-  was over at the TSA.   These are a 1-minute study above, and some 5-minute ones below, all hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper.

Entry for Nov 1, 2011

On the Tuesday, H-  was over at Artists 25.  These are, from the top, a 3-minute, a 5-minute and a 10-minute study.  Below that are two 20-minute ones.
The upper 3 are done with U-Art hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24 sheets of bond paper. The lower two are the same charcoal on 21 x 29" sheets cut from a roll of Strathmore drawing paper. I still like the larger size, but am not quite enamoured of the grain of the Strathmore paper, which is a little pebbly for my taste. The lowest one had a layer of willow charcoal worked in initially, but it didn't want to move much from where it was applied (on a smoother paper it would tbe easier to spread more evenly as a subtle underlayer, to help `fill in' the grain.)