A large blue pencil seated figure in profile — the figure seen from the right, the face in pure profile looking left, the hair gathered at the nape in a low bun. The nape bun — located at the back of the neck rather than at the crown — creates a different compositional accent than the crown buns: lower, more intimate, the connection between head and neck emphasized.
The profile face is clearly described: the brow line, the nose, the lips, the chin — all in their correct structural relationships, the profile clean and specific. The eye is briefly described. The ear below the hair is given the characteristic Cothran attention.
The body below the face is described with blue pencil's characteristic clarity: the shoulder, the chest seen in profile, the waist, the hip, the crossed legs. Both feet at the lower composition are described with individual toe attention — the toes visible even in the seated cross-legged position.
The blue pencil on cream paper gives this drawing its characteristic warm clarity — the blue marks bright against the warm ground, the figure reading with unusual freshness.