Girl with Hair in Two Bunches

A fully resolved portrait head. A girl faces forward, her hair parted at the centre and gathered into two bunches, small studs at her ears. The large dark eyes and softly modelled lips give the face its quiet steadiness.

The pencil moves from dense, directional strokes in the hair to delicate gradation across the cheeks and brow, while the frilled, zig-zag neckline of her dress is drawn more briskly. The likeness is confident and complete, the surface worked to a smooth finish.