Joan of Arc I, conté, 2008.

This was K, in the portrait class, sitting as on horseback and carrying a banner in a Joan of Arc setting. I don’t know what made me think of Joan of Arc, but I had a nice piece of tapestry material to make a banner with and it looked medieval, and I got carried into the theme. In reality, the model did not cooperate with holding the banner and I had to pin everything in place, but reality and the drawing do sometimes diverge. Disclaimer: there was no horse present.

The second attempt is below, in graphite only.

Joan of Arc II, graphite, 2008.