Ultimate fighter VI -step I... Trying soot and walnut stain on raw cotton/linen...

I've been wanting for a while to try my recently developed techniques on raw cotton/linen...

A bit rougher but as exciting nonetheless! A perfect monochromatic image is probably impossible to achieve on this type of canvas... but the idea is to retain as much as possible the spirit of this first pass. Strangely enough, soot is easier to manipulate than walnut stain on this type of canvas... it remains granular when diluted.

Note: I'm having a pregnant pause before delineating the upper fighter's left ear!