A real life pose caught at a relaxed but pensive moment.

I attempted and I think succeeded in keeping the lines and marks free from trying to copy the form. I was in tune with seeing the subject and its parts relating to the whole.

I was then and remain to this day a complete fan of Singer Saergent's charcoal drawings. Some of the angled strokes are reminiscent of this style.

 

 
Sally. Charcoal Drawing. 1996.