A spread where the dialogue is already inside the picture. Left page: portrait register, bare-shouldered, hair wrapped in cloth, matt graphite tonal. Right page: the sitter’s tattooed hand cupped over a knee, the floral ink rendered on the paper in turquoise coloured-pencil. Skin that was already inscribed before the drawing arrived.
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.