Conte crayon birdie

Just finished this one today, it's a head drawing of a redkite in conte crayons on black sugar paper.

It's very slightly darker than actual drawing.

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Wow, I so feel the power of that stare. You captured his look perfectly, way to go!!

Thanks. I used sugar paper, also known as construction paper, not the best paper in the world, cheap to buy, but works well with conte crayons, it's slightly rough (surface not smooth) but vey soft. A friend of mine who is an artist told me to use it, he has used it for years. I get on quite well with it, I have bought some better quality paper to use for these type of pastels, haven't tried it out yet though.