Another Thank-you note

This is a drawing of my son's friend. His family just gave me a birthday present of some great art supplies, so I used them to create this image.

He's a great artist himself and has been accepted into a couple of reputable art schools that the big animation studios draft from. I'm looking forward to seeing where he ends up.

I was thinking about painting with coffee to create the tones, but the brush they gave me was sable and I didn't want to ruin it on the first time out. I'm still unsure how caffeine affects natural fibers.