Pencil and Charcoal Drawing

Hello again readers,

In my last post I told you about the art class I started taking. We are 5 weeks into the semester and I can only say that it is going very well. Who am I kidding my class is excellent! I am learning lots of new and exciting drawing techniques. We have focused on dry materials so far; pencils, graphite sticks and charcoal.

Here is what we have done so far:

Pencils 2H-6B: We have used pencils of varying softness to practice line weight and different drawing techniques.

Pencil project

Graphite Sticks: We learned how to hold the graphite sticks in order to draw different shapes and lines.

Graphite stick flower bouquet project

Charcoal Compressed and Vine: We learned how to start a charcoal project, the differences between vine (leaves a lighter and erasable line) and compressed (leaves a darker more permanent line) charcoals.

Charcoal seascape

 

Charcoal cityscape

Learning all of the different techniques using these materials has given me a different perspective on drawing. I have a new appreciation for charcoal drawing. I used to think it was too messy but after learning appropriate techniques, I feel it is a wonderful medium that can result in beautiful pieces.

I will report back once we start a different medium. Thanks for reading!

Art Class

Hello fellow readers,

This year I am taking an art class, for the first time since high school! I am super excited to learn more art techniques in a formal setting. I will make sure to update you with what we do in class and anything interesting that comes up.

For now, I leave you with a couple of examples of the assignments we've done so far.

Line exercise to practice line weight.

 Ivy drawing to practice line weight and the dark lines that come forward, and lighter lines that go back.

That's it for now, but I will update with more of my class projects ;)