Sketching with charcoal pencils on Newsprint paper is my favourite way to go when one is beginning to learn how to let loose. Charcoal is the most basic of all mediums and has that primordial feeling about it. It is soft and easy to handle especially in creating shades from your sketches.
By rubbing with the tip of your finger or your thumd at areas where you want some shadows you can create wonders with charcoal. Always realize the direction of your smearing or rubbinf such that the darker areas reamins where you want them to be.
These are mostly five minutes copies of readily available pictuures like these particularl ones were from works by Harley Brown an American master of pastels from the South West state of New Mexico. I am very taken by his works and his laid back philosophy on Art.
The more you practice using charcoal pencils the more fluid you will find your strokes when sketching as it is not the most expenxive material out there charcoal pencils or blocks or sticks is a great medium for those who do not mind getting their fingers dirty.
1 comment:
Hey, I actually bought charcoal a couple of weeks ago. Tot of getting a hold of it, but yet to try. You did a good job there, especially on the top picture. I figured that was your potrait- FRa
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