Charcoal & graphite on paper

She Looked Up at the Light

She Looked Up at the Light
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A tilt of the chin, and the day spills across her face; she meets it without flinching.

A tilt of the chin up into daylight, the whole face turned to meet it. The brightest areas are bare paper — the drawing adds shadow rather than light — which is what keeps the daylight feeling like daylight.

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