Two New Drawings

In the past several days I've framed two drawings done this past summer.  The first is one in graphite based on a Rembrandt painting of St. Paul.  I did it for practice and thought it came out better than expected:

The second is a pastel of what I imagine is a Parisian woman beckoning me back to Paris.  It started out as a copy of a drawing by Monet, but things went a little sideways with the face.  Still, I still like way it finished.  The eyes are a little big, but it all seems to fit together somehow: