(329) Charcoal Anana

Mmm fruity! Makes me want a delicious juice.

Tonight's creativity came in the form fruit. A perfect specimen to study for practicing shading and adding dimension, texture, and edible too!


I really liked the changing the focal point for an interesting outcome:


Fruit is a great subject as it is often around the house and can be complex and interesting from different angles.

Though charcoal is not my favorite medium as it is messy and does not last very long, it is cheap and quick to get an effect of a shape and depth of a subject. What I do like charcoal for is practicing concepts for more complex pieces.

If you do like working with or create a piece that you want to keep around there are some finishing sprays to keep the charcoal intact.

(332) Charcoal Flowers

Flowers, ah what can I say. One of my favorite subjects in any medium.

Tonight the focus was on contour drawing in charcoal. Cherry blossoms it was and though I am not super pleased with my results, here are my drawings for the evening:

Form study:



Quick sketch:


Concept drawing:


Sketch playing with contrast:


Playing with conte:


As you can see there are many different renditions and I could not quiet find one form I was pleased with for the cherry blossoms, but it was good to play with different concepts.