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Modeling the form is key
This is a drawing of a male model by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, arguably one of the greatest draftsmen of all time. He used and intermixed charcoal and chalk on a toned paper. As you can see this technique served him quite well.
Prud'hon considered the position of the light source and how it gradated around the form. The smaller forms diminish in the amount of illumination they receive as they turn around the form away from the light source.
This understanding of the effect of light on form is the main factor which separates the truly great from the wannabe's. This understanding and not technique is what those who aspire towards greatness must master.
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