Loved following along the Getting Sketchy tonight!
My take on Canson XL Sand Grain dry media A4 98 lb.
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WOW Sonia - you posted that really quickly and well done. I just caught the last 5 minutes of Gettin Sketchy, so I’ll be watching it later.
Terri Robichon
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Very well done. It will be interesting to see what else comes up. I’m going to post mine here in a minute. Great job!
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I used some gray, thick craft paper. Just something I had with a lot of visible texture…
As always a fun one and good practice.
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That is so awesome, Sonia! I didn’t try to follow along since I didn’t have the paper. I do have some Pastelmat that might have worked. Great job!!!
Brenda
These both look great! i tried to do on charcoal paper - but made more of a mess than anything! I am very intrigued by that paper - it is on my wish list
Great job. Wonderful work.
I’ve just been testing out the Arteza Mixed Media paper and I think there is enough texture to make this doable. I’ll know later when I give it a try for real.
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After my little experiment a few days ago I finally got around to doing this one for real. This paper may not be as good as the stipple paper but it’s much cheaper and I happen to have it to hand,
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That looks really great!!! I think you did a super job. I’ve ordered some of the stippling paper from Blick. I hope I still want to do the drawing when I get it.
Brenda
You did super on your drawing. Mine turned out a big head with little hands.
I finally got around to this. It was a real challenge for me! My proportions are off – hat too small for his head, hand to large, face and head too thin, but I did notice he had glasses on. I added those. I did it once with charcoal, and what a mess that was. The Nu-Pastel seemed to be harder and more dense than the charcoal I had. I need to get some compressed charcoal. I thought that’s what I was using, but it was way too soft. Anyway, I’m glad I did the drawing. It stretched me for sure.
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Excellent! Looks like you got the Stipple paper too.
Thanks, Jane. Yes, I got the paper! I really like it, and I think compressed charcoal and Nu-Pastel sticks will work best on it. I want to test oil pastels on it as well. I’m wondering how pan pastels would do and will probably try a sample to see if the paper will hold on to the powder. I love playing with new supplies. 
Brenda
Do let us know how you get on with the various media. Oh the excitement of it all!