Another drawing...

Here's a drawing I finished the other day.  I had been working on it for months but never found much time to really just sit down and get into it.  It's graphite as usual and I tried to lose most signs of hatching to really focus on the smoothness of the form.  I've been trying to improve my transitions recently and I think they're getting better.  Whenever I'd work on it I felt like my eyes were able to catch the value changes a little easier than the time before.  I hope to do some more figurative pieces along these lines soon.  I always get such a kick out of playing with poses and lighting - the choices are endless.  So much to say and so many ways to say it.