A REVELATION: Guache for drawing

So, in the last three weeks, we've been exploring in class different techniques of drawing: charcoal, sanguine + gesso (very interesting), china ink + charcoal + dry pastels (also very interesting), yet all the drawings that came out of this exploration (in my humble opinion) were awful... so no posts :P.

This week, on the other hand, I had a REVELATION. I've realized that all the work done in the past weeks, trying to see shadows and lights as a mass instead of  a group of lines has given fruit. So this is the drawing that summarizes my revelation:

I am shocked at myself and at the learning curve my brain has achieved... I always wondered how others did such amazing paintings and drawings of human figures... I think I am starting to grasp it.