I use pencils, 4H, mostly. Those pencil drawings will be translated into woodcuts. I hate lino with a passion, argh, my blood pressure rises just thinking about working with that stuff. I'll get a pic up of the drawing that the 5s face study was translated from, some time today. I need to photograph my paintings anyway, so I'll just add the sketch to the stack of things to do.
The XX study was a mixed media effort consisting of charcoal, white pastel, and graphite. It really is a finished piece in it's own right. It was originally intended to become a collagraph, but I couldn't bear to make any changes/destroy the original. That's the nice thing about woodcuts, the original artwork remains intact. I am thinking of doing all of the Majors in this style. I think the art for the Majors will translate into woodcuts very well since there are few gray tones and a decided emphasis on shape and line.