Charcoal Drawing Process of Face Upclose

Charcoal Drawing of Hair and Wrinkled Skin

This drawing in charcoal was done to work on my portrait drawing skill in this media.  My goal was to learn how to create the illusion of wrinkles on paper.  As I worked on this drawing which was done in April of 2013 I developed my skill to work in charcoal better. As a result of this drawing, I gained an understanding of shading in charcoal. This drawing is 12 x 14 inches.  

This became the final stage in the drawing where I added hair and highlights around the iris of the eye. Now you notice the grey of the hair in his mustashe and eye brows.  The pupil and iris is now completed. 

At this stage I had continue to lay down more charcoal in the regions of the face where there was contrast in the earilier stage. Now this more tones in the shadow areas.  At this point there is no hair yet on the form. 

This is the earily stage of the drawing where charcoal was layed down in the regions of the face to develope form. You see the beginning stage of wrinkle lines around the eye brow. Pores was added on the nose.

Vases and Cup Still Life

Still life drawing can help improve your drawing skills

Vases and still life is a drawing I produced last year early in 2014 on a Friday night. I was inspired to drawing this because I wanted to improve in the skill of finding the correct porportions and drawing for real life instead of drawing form a photograph.  In college that was all we did it seemed was draw and paint still life.  We did it so such I grew to hate it but now my mindset has changed to like it.  For those of you how now have that old mindset I used to have toward still life well think again. It is a wonderful exercise in grooming your drawing skill and developing a better drawing eye.  I now have a better appreciation for drawing still lifes because it helps me to drawing better by seeing proportions and angles properly.  The more I draw from still life the better I will be in capturing the form or forms in view of my sight.