This time I tried a light-and-dark inversion approach for the sketch — a small way to make up for the “blackboard” study I never got to do back in school 😌 Next time, I’d like to keep more visible brushstrokes and use less color. Looking back at the sketch, I realized that spending more time during the planning stage to design the placement and shape of the strokes would probably get me closer to the result I envisioned.