Sketch Pads, Pencils, and Frappuccinos

@spintwister and I went to a few shops to look for wedding dresses and later went to a cafe. I brought my sketch pad with me just in case it will rain hard again and be stranded somewhere, I suggested she bring a sketch pad too so we could draw together at the cafe. She brought her charcoal with her and I brought graphite pencils.

We sat at the table near the barista and saw some subjects to draw. I chose that magical-looking water bottle in front of me.

So messy!

And since I got no 8B graphite pencil, I borrowed her charcoal just to put some more contrast.

The subject.

My drawing (left) and @spintwister's (right).

This reminded me of our college days (we graduated at the same university) where our instructor made us use the graphite pencils strictly without using the smudging technique. We were like UUUHHH NOOOO and had to endure the pain of just doing lines and shit and ignore the urge to smudge. Until such time we got used to it and later we were taught different techniques with using charcoal which includes smudging (the same technique @spintwister used in that drawing). Fun times!