charcoal

Just wanted to draw something in between sessions working on Finals. Done in Photoshop CC 2020 with a Noise brush which works nicely like charcoal which I'm used to.

Charcoal Still Life. 18x24

A little bit of an issue with the foreshortening of the figure. Model: Meadhbh (Maeve) 2B Pencil, Soft Charcoal Pencil on 5.5” x 8.25” Moleskine sketchbook.

Sketch of Amy with various arm positions. A preliminary Moleskine sketchbook work-up for a future full-sized illustration. 2B Pencil, Soft Charcoal Pencil on 5.5” x 8.25” Moleskine sketchbook. Model: Amy_D

Charcoal drawing

I enjoy drawing the forms of the back. Especially when classically lit. Pencil, Charcoal Pencil, Pastel Pencils and white Prismacolor pencil on 9” x 12” Strathmore Toned Grey sketchbook paper.

3 profiles of the same eye, 3 mediums. 1st time sketching with ink.

One of my early attempts with charcoal.

A sketch of Naomi listening to some Blues (Johnny Hartman, I think).

Hippo in charcoal and graphite

Elephant in charcoal and graphite.

Speed drawing of an owl in charcoal

Watercolour men and charcoal pencil

Praying mantis in charcoal and graphite.

Tupac Shakur in charcoal and graphite.

Batfleck

Pet commission of Humphrey in charcoal and graphite.

Pet portrait commission of Charlie in charcoal and graphite.

A gift from my husband

Superman

Koala in charcoal and graphite

A tribute to the film that sent my childhood imagination on a journey it has never returned from :)

Kitten in charcoal and graphite

Gorilla in charcoal and graphite

Queen

I'd forgotten how much fun drawing with raw charcoal is

Bear in charcoal and graphite. My first adventure into drawing fur.