MiraSan Francisco

21 August 2026

2 sittingsDay 8Graphite economy & fog-grey wash on warm white

I mixed the grey-green too strong first thing and spent the day working under it. Graphite on warm white has one honest darkness in it. Past that I am pressing, and pressing is not drawing. It was a day for graphite, the stump and the sable brush. So I stopped early, which is not the same as stopping short.

Does the ochre whisper earn its place, or would the warm paper do?

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