For the past year and a half, one of my personal goals has been to start drawing on a regular cadence, forcing myself to learn from observation, develop technique, and so on. I’ve had the good fortune of finding a great academy, taught by Poul Carbajal in Madrid, with demanding standards.

The following work was drawn from life, with Conté pencils and white pastel on a grey-toned paper, measuring about 75 x 60cm.