Apple

Apple still life in charcoal.

Muses in the Woods

My charcoal woods illusion picture on blue mi-teintes paper.

The finished version.

Mi-Teintes

This black and white charcoal drawing was done for my Drawing 2 class last year. The paper is mi-teintes. This paper is great for charcoal drawings. The color of it acts as the middle value, so all you have to focus on are the shadows and highlights.

Elephant Detail

An up close picture of the chiaroscuro.

Elephant

My chiaroscuro charcoal drawing for my Drawing 2 class. The elephant and the fisherman are wooden sculptures that my aunt brought back for my dad from the peace corps. I set them up on the floor with a small lamp to the left of them for the lighting. First I covered the entire paper in black charcoal using the larger chalk-like sticks of charcoal and cotton swabs. Then I lightly drew the outline of the figures with a white charcoal pencil. Then I erased the rest with a kneaded eraser, a gum eraser, and a battery powered small eraser. Some of the very light highlights are done in white charcoal.

50 Factor

The first stage of my 50 factor drawing. 50 pounds lighter by being cut in half!

Got the legs filled in.

Basically finished.

Final Drawing.