I started with the barn on the right and creating the textures, knots and grooves one board at a time. I used a combination of .5 mm mechanical pencils F and 2B. I burnished a smooth light tone over the top of the boards using 2H chisel point clutch pencil.

The darkest areas use a 2B.

My goal with this drawing is to really push the darks. I wanted to work in the darker grays on the scale. Leaving very little light areas and the white of paper left for only the highlights. I seem to find it very challenging to work this dark.