Smudger

With artist’s pad in hand, she set up the mirror to frame her face... then took her charcoal and confidently, with deft strokes, she mapped out the shape of her face, positions of her eyes, nose mouth and ears and the shape of her hair... this aspect she would change daily to ring the changes. Overall, she’d made a pretty good job of this portrait blueprint.

Now came the more challenging part, breathing ‘life’ onto the page, using light and shade to bring herself to life. This part was her favourite... getting her fingers charcoaly as, with glee, she smudged.