Charcoal Renders

So, in one of our recent life drawing classes, we dedicated 3 whole hours to two detailed renders of fabric. It was really fun and a huge learning experience! I think it's pretty obvious that my rendering was MUCH better in the second drawing. This was done on newsprint with charcoal. I usually spent the first 30 minutes for each drawing lightly measuring everything out with pencil before going in and doing the dirty work. Oh yeah, you gotta love those knead-able erasers.