Inktober- Day 20- Tonal Study?

After an emotional exhaustive day, I wasn't sure whether I wanted to, or should, attempt something for Inktober. I decided to finish off another sketchbook (this one I have been using for over 4 years!) with a tonal study from a photograph. I think if I was to something tonal like this, I would've invested in some different shades of grey markers to get some depth, rather than that dramatic black for all the folds in the clothes, as well as the lighting around the neck and face of this figure. I can now start on a sketchbook, which I have been using for just exercises from a Brothers McLeod book recently, and fill that with some life drawings from time to time, as I am now got 9 more days of Inktober left. 

Light and Dark Series- Easel Drawings

In the art group I have been attending for over a year now, we currently have a theme on light and dark. And as I need an excuse to keep uploading pictures onto this blog, I decided to share the first batch of them .
I was doing still life drawing and I ended up drawing this easel in the corner of the room. The piece on black paper was an attempt at depicting the light sources in the room, and how the light was reflected onto the wooden surface of the easel. I think it worked well.
The piece on the white paper was really just a study of the actual object, with little effort done on the toning or shadows on the piece- I was going to work on the shadows using the black paper.