Figure study...process

This is the first time I've used charcoal powder, which is messy, but wonderful for blocking in large areas of tone, and building up the layers. This is one of my models, Paul, from the life drawing course. He always does superb poses; always considered and interesting. This one is based on a reference photo. I always start my life drawing studies with gesture, then I add more refinement to the contours, before blocking in tone, and finally adding more depth to the values. Definitely looking to do more of these in the not too distant future.

The strange case of...

The finished piece at last. I actually finished it last week but i havent had a chance to post it. Hope you folks like it.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

This is a relatively finished version. It lacks the text(title and authors name)and some of the lines in the background need to be smoothed over but its almost done.