wpulley: I most definitely agree! I would usually go with at least an HB or even 2B pencil for the darker areas. However, I'd just bought a new mechanical pencil and only had 2H lead when I did this picture. In real life, there actually 2 real values: blank paper and pencil with very very little blending between the two areas. For some reason, it came across as having much more depth in the scan. I think it's actually what draws me to the image. Almost as if it's more ephemeral...the thought of the image, more than the set image itself.
/philosophical b.s.
