Rita

I was in a rush to draw this as a gift for a friend who was visiting ( A picture of his lovely daughter). I didn't have any Bristol board left and had also been wanting to try some other types of smooth papers that I use in my office. It was OK to draw on, but I think it's a little too white, and I found it scratches easily if drawing over the same area a lot. Also it doesn't allow blending quite as smoothly as Bristol Board. The source photo wasn't very sharp for this one so it was an interesting challenge to try to add some detail. 

15cm x 20 cm - 300gsm copy paper
drawing time about 8 hours

Staedler Mars Lumograph  HB, 2B
Mechanical Pencil 0.2 2B
Mitsubishi Uni HI 10B

Putty eraser
Mono zero eraser 2.3 & 2.5 mm
cotton buds
asst blending stumps
tissues