Portrait sketch. by Denise Cat

You achieved a superb result Denise .

A lovely sketch Denise

Those conte pencils are serving you well, a very good sketch Denise.

Nicely done Denise ☺️

A truly lovely result, Denise!

Lovely drawing Denise

Another good one Denise. I like the Conte pencil colours.

Great result with your Conte pencils Denise.

Thanks very much Paul, Heather, Lewis, Stephen, David, Christine, David and Carole.

Super Work Denise.

Very expressive with good tonal work, Denise. Well done!

This is really lovely Denise!

Lovely portrait Denise.

Beautiful

Beautiful Denise.

It is a lovely colour Denise and perfect for this type of drawing. Another very good one.

Conté crayon is such a great medium - you do so well to take to it: portraiture, landscape .... it's perfect for all of them, AND you can erase it, manipulate it, adjust it, and then fix it: even then, you can still work over it if you need to; and you can erase it so easily. Someone - a pro artist - told me I shouldn't use it, or carbon pencil, because "it flatters your technique": she was easily influenced, and had aborbed that (bad) advice from her tutor. I thought, though, "good!" - I need all the technique flattering I can get. But it was such nonsense - it you can't draw, chalks won't help you: if you can, they help and will give you tone - they're wonderful, and the greatest artists all used them. They give warmth, especially on toned paper - why on earth wouldn't you take every advantage you can get from that? Is drawing and painting supposed to be a struggle with unsympathetic media? Sorry for running on! But this sort of hair-shirt twaddle still makes me cross!