Charcoal Drawing

the first hour of a new charcoal drawing for my self-study program. This will be one of five drawings for the course of the semester. Each to take three weeks. So far... it's been two weeks and this is due on Thursday... I am going to get a bad grade from myself...



practically none of these lines will end up in the final piece. Beyond a few more attempts to correct the proportions with sight-measurement, this layer is done with. On top of it will go a very mobile arrangement of lights and darks, which will move all around and change shape seemingly at will, only vaguely following the original guidelines.

the drawing is at a little under 2 1/2 hours with the second and third layers: