A Sketch of a young girl is, I think, of the youngest daughter of Christine’s neighbor. Christine probably drew this portrait from life as a sample to display when she set up for her quick sketch sidewalk sessions. She often did these when displaying her paintings during village art festivals. The picture “Tourette Street Art Show 1978” on the About page shows Christine at work.

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.