Most of my color work is done using Prismacolor Nupastels or sanguine Conte crayon on black or other darkly hued mi-tiente supports. I like working dark to light, perhaps because the image seems to emerge as I work, as if it had been waiting for me to come along and bring it out. I use the squared tip of the stick to render lines and the wide sides to achieve a swath of color for a more painterly affect. Click on a gallery image to view it in detail—that is, with the exception of the portrait directly below, done with sidewalk chalk on black posterboard, using the only life model I can currently afford.