"Many thanks to handsome photographer Xing who very kindly returned to the studio today to allow me to draw him, and whose ideas this pose and lighting were. I have drawn and painted models in the ‘contre jour’ light flooding in from the big north windows in the studio before, so it was nice to have Xing suggest it for this drawing of him. Also, the extreme contrast caused by the strong California light and deep shadows decided me to use charcoal and black conté on blue-gray paper for a change." Binnie
