From Up Here (Graphitint) by Amanda Bates
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Self portrait in Graphitint (Derwent's watersoluble, tinted graphite pencils), on ordinary paper. I was using a mirror that was propped up slightly on a folded duvet, and so was looking down. Here are some in-progress photographs: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://www.flickr.com/photos/zalamanda/14372619325/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The final image in that sequence is the finished drawing; you can see how the light was fading! The image on this page is a (cropped, down-res'ed) scan. The dark spots are tired bits of paper that were worked off with the brush.
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