Red chalk drawing

[Mike McCarty]

Thanks Mari and Susan,

I'll post some different versions of the photo. The first is a square composition that I considered. Mostly for the reason of eleminating the sofa. The second is one that I diddled with, again trying a different take on the sofa. The last is the complete image unaltered.

I don't know why the sofa bothered me so. It's not a difficult thing to do but to me it has a big impact on the composition. Especially in the monotone. I think if I add some reference under her arm it might be a minimal amount as in the second photo with untouched paper beneath the brief suggestion.

The photo didn't give a lot of info on the hair so I kinda winged it.