Approximately 6 x 8 inches.
I really am enjoying playing around on toned sketch paper. I've currently settled on using graphite for my darks and Prismacolor colored pencil for my white. I have discarded the use of black colored pencil for the darkest darks because I was unable to get a smooth transition into the graphite.
I'm still evolving my workflow for these pictures. I still typically do an outline of the silhouette of the basic shapes, but in the last one (snake and skull) I did the shading first and then went back in for the highlights. The problem was that it yielded some grey mid-tones, which ideally the paper is responsible for. For this one however after I did my outlines I went in and rendered the light values first and then came in and did the darks starting with the darkest and working my way toward the mid-tone.
I think in terms of value grouping, gradients and overall clarity of image, this one was more successful. I primarily do these for studies and practice, but the idea of this being a finished medium has been brought up to me. I'm still on the fence about it, but I can certainly understand the aesthetic appeal of this sort of look.
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