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!