Exercise - Mark making

Here I experimented with different grade pencil, oil pastel, thick charcoal, willow charcoal, thick charcoal stick,  felt pen, conte crayon and ballpoint pen.  I  used these to try different techniques of line and mark making.  I found the pencil was good for detail and shading, but the charcoal and black pen and conte crayon more dramatic and moody.  The charcoal created texture and draws the eye, where as the conte crayon was better for detail and I could create a finer line.