charcoal

inspired by my stay in Kenya

76 × 65 cm. Graphite and charcoal.

Wanted to practice with some charcoal but couldn't resist collaging it up a bit! A great way to hide mistakes (or laziness!) Tui's are NZ's most successful native bird.

Portrait done with charcoal and white pencil and pastel

Charcoal and Graphite

Meadhbh standing in front of a green wall. Simplified her hair and the leaves in the background a bit. Charcoal and pastel pencils on 9” x 12” Strathmore archival sketchbook paper, scanned into Photoshop. Model: Meadhbh

Practice for my next project. This is my first time experimenting with white charcoal and white gel pen on black paper. Let me know what you think!

"To tempt someone into doing something or going somewhere, to draw in." 16x20 in, white charcoal and pastel on black paper.

Thirty-five minute sketch of a petrified A&W ketchup packet I found inside my fridge. This thing is the rock-hard evidence of my frequently poor late night diet choices.

A drawing that turned out better than I expected. Two hour seated pose. Pencil, Charcoal Pencil, Pastel Pencils on some weird pad of paper I found in my closet.

Sketchbook work. Hands convey a surprising amount of emotion, which is the reason I love drawing them.

A very small 4x6 charcoal sketch of a cat's eye

I had a wonderful time creating this commision for a Kansas City Personalities wall mural installed in a downtown KC apartment building. The wall measures roughly 12’ x 20’. These were all hand drawn graphite and charcoal drawings that I scanned into my mac and delivered digitally. The file was then enlarged and applied to the wall surface.

It was so meditative doing the shading and blending for this one.

Giraffe in charcoal

Charcoal drawing

(Done on 110gsm acid free sketch paper. Trees,ducks,land dine with sankura micron pen. All the blurry things done with hints of hard charcoal pencil) Serenity... the lighting outside seemed to be playful today due to misty weather. Hence this outcome. I swear i didn't use any filter

Charcoal and soft pastel

Some recent still life drawings I set up of an Apple, Walnut, Books, Plant and a Lightbulb. Done in graphite and charcoal.

A Peaceful Exhale

Praying mantis in charcoal and graphite.

Koala in charcoal and graphite

After a stormy afternoon in downtown Miami the reflections are out. A feast for my eyes

Burnt oaker soft pastel

Medium is Graphite and Charcoal. Inspired by Stephen Gammell

From a wonderful photograph by Mr. Georges Courreges.

Pastel pencil study of the intertwined hands of the Ambrogio Borghi sculpture, Chioma di Berenice. Faber Castell pastel pencils, Black and White Generals charcoal pencils on 9” x 12” Strathmore Toned Grey sketchbook paper.

Copy of Lady with an Ermine, charcoal.

Hippo in charcoal and graphite