Stasis

I've always been interested in stasis chambers or suspended animation.  I was using a pot lid to trace out a circle and it looked like one, so I went with it.

Death and the Maiden

Sketches in Red Chalk

Fingery Shadows

She has this bolt upright awareness that she is modeling, while also this pensive expression as though her thoughts are very far from the present.

Sitting on Stool

Emphasizing the sense of pressure imposed downwardly on the stool.

Man at the Bottom of the Stairs

I completed this as a demo for a workshop.  My wife liked it and wanted to keep it.  We keep it at the bottom of the staircase, so we tend to call it "Man at the Bottom of the Stairs"

Vine on Antique Paper

The paper from 1842 has a slickness in a way, but also beautifully accepts the charcoal and holds it.  Marks in graphite and charcoal both just glide on darkly with very little effort.