We've been learning to use charcoal to add value and shading to our still life sketches in drawing class. There are a handful of us who have never used it before and were pretty nervous. I've learned a lot, though, and now it's pretty fun and not at all scary. Charcoal can be used in so many ways! When I get my station set up, I have charcoal sticks, charcoal pencils, 2-3 kinds of erasers, white charcoal, a blending stump, paper towels for blending, and my sharpener. I feel like such an artist while I'm setting up...
Here's my homework from last week. We had to set up 3-5 objects and draw them either looking up or down at them, and then do a second one with the objects covered in a different texture.
I like how everything turned out except for the leaves covering the table... I was getting tired and running out of ideas, so yeah... you know how that goes. That's when mistakes happen. Oh well, it's okay.
I showed Andy and we both agreed the ice cream scoop in the real drawing is the best part. And yes, I did wimp out and simplified the Hershey's bottle and skipped the polka dots. Charcoal also looks better from farther back, so I should have zoomed out more. But you get the idea.
Anybody out there love drawing with charcoal? Got any tips for me?
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i LOVED working with charcoal!!! haven't in years, maybe i should get some just to give it a go again.
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