"Iheoma"
Carbon pencil - 11" x 14"
  2006
A gift for the pleasure of doing it

detail or (click image for larger view)

When this young lady jokingly asked if I'd draw her I jumped at the chance.

I had been wanting to draw an African face because of the difference in the underlying structures and musculature of the face.  She's from Nigeria, works at a local branch of the bank I retired from and has an open kindness about herself.

She said her parents liked the drawing.  Now what does that mean?
She does not?  Naw, she was more than pleased.

I did her up in Ebony!  That's the brand name for the carbon pencil.  It's made from coal by Eberhard Faber under the brand name Design Ebony.