Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

Portrait of an Irishman

MATERIALS

• Half sheet of ‘pinkish’ pastel paper with a smooth surface.

• Six shades of Caput Mortuum pastels.

• Caput Mortuum pencil.

• Pastels in Blue and Lamp Black.

• Newspaper photograph.

There are times when something hits me in the eye and I know I have

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