White Conte On Black Paper

On this assignment we were to draw a composition in white conte
first (lightly) on black good paper. Then instead of having to erase
the page to get white jus use conte. Leaving some areas where the
black paper could show through allowing the paper to work for us

by showing the darkest darks in the composition.

The composition i chose was a skull and cloth. Unfortunately upon the
second day of class the skull was taken from our still life so i had to do
the best i could with the planes i had already drawn. Lucky for me most
the skull was taken care of in the first class. I liked this compositon alot.
One suggestion I would try would be to lighten up the cloth behind the
skull push the skull forward in space.