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I like it!
. . .mixing media! I like it!
I have a question for you. What kind of drawing table area did you use for this drawing? Was it done on a flat table? It appears that you drew it on a flat table top, as there seems to be slight distortion as if you had the pad off to your right, causing your view of it to be correctly proportioned as you viewed it while drawing it, but out of proportion when you lift it up and look at it straight on.
I paint at an easel, but I always draw with my pad on a drawing table which is about 40 or 45 degrees tilt, and the center of the pad is exactly perpendicular to my line of vision. I position myself directly in front of the pad, not off to the side. Do you follow? I will add a diagram. Distortion can also happen when your subject is off to one side. In this case, I will wager that it was off to your left, tempting you to move towards the left away from the center of your drawing pad.
I seldom draw backgrounds anymore in pencil or charcoal drawings. That is because I was once accused of covering up my little messes.
Pencil artwork is hard to post in a JPEG, as it often does not show the subtlties of the strokes as thick as they are. Your style of line technique is very soft here and blended. I see very few actual lines, except for the cross hatch type shade lines in the neck and perimeter. The softness works, especially since you are using mixed media. I use a blended technique for charcoal. I like to see lines when working with pencil. I like to see how an image is expressed by lines. If you blend them away, you lose something. It is so easy to overwork a drawing, and lose the expression of the line. The more time one spends on a drawing, the less unique and individual it is. The last post was quick. This one took a bit more time, I will bet. But it works. It brings out something in the girl that is inviting. It is appealing.
I could be wrong about your table, but you get the idea. You are very talented. Keep it up!
Lon
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