Jacket and Wild Hair Sketch — Graphite Pencil

Jacket and Wild Hair Sketch

Graphite Pencil · 2024 · 6" X 9"

A moody graphite portrait, choppy bangs and wildly textured hair rendered with loose, energetic crosshatching that gives the piece real kinetic presence. A heavy jacket is built from confident, structural folds that add visual weight to the lower composition, grounding the wilder hair above. The steady, slightly wary direct gaze holds the piece together despite the surrounding textural chaos. Minimal background detail keeps full focus on hair and jacket as the dual technical interests of the study. The overall mood is edgy and confident, texture and attitude conveyed through mark-making alone.