Face on

Claire’s structural outline for attempt #2 was good, as she’d expected. Setting out structural parameters was all part and parcel of preparing for any study. She always avoided hard lines but liked to use charcoal for the basic building blocks as it was quite ‘forgiving’. The subsequent light and shade addition went much better than attempt #1.

All in all, she was reasonably happy and set it aside for adding colour tones. A fly on the wall might think differently though. It would know what she really looked like, certainly not the face she put on specially for the mirror...