A Sketch of a young girl who I think is the neighbor’s youngest daughter, probably drawn from life as a sample to display when she set up for her quick sketch sidewalk sessions, only done while displaying her paintings during village art festivals. See the picture on the About page of what this looked like.

The portrait is an example of using conté crayon on grey paper. The grey paper fills in the mid tones with the black conté crayon working for the structure and shadows while the white conté is lightly added to provide highlights and shape. This drawing seems to be done with extreme care and attention to shadowing and the shape of the face giving it that extra third dimension.

Interestingly, she appears to have made a second drawing of the same young girl but at a later date.