linearBody: Back

Medium
Matt graphite with fine charcoal powder blends and fountain-pen pigment ink on sketchbook, worked upright (A3)
Year
2026

A single figure, turned away. Line has given way to mass; matt graphite and fine charcoal powder build form through layered pressure. The shoulder-marks (a name, a date) are ink. The contrast of the two tools is part of the page.

Carl Jeppe’s life-drawing group, Arcadia, Pretoria — 12 April 2026. Gravity-feed fountain pen on upright sketchbook, with matt graphite and fine charcoal powder blends on the tonal pages.