Charcoal is a lot of fun for sketching. It goes down so easily, you can change direction without a second thought and you get wonderful dark blacks. I am having a good time seeing what it can do. I have some charcoal pencils to try out next time.
This quick sketch was for the July challenge at Let's Make Art.
Hi Paulette, looks like you are having fun sketching with that charcoal. I ordered some things from Dick Blick, and just realized I made a mistake and ordered 2 tubs of charcoal...yikes....that'll last me until forever. If you want one of them, let me know and I'll send it to you....no charge ;-)
Thank you for the generous offer. It doesn't seem to go very fast, I have had some given to me and I bought some pencils too.:) So I would have to say try to send it back or maybe give it to a charity. Thanks again for thinking of me. You'll have fun working with them, they're very immediate for results.
I have been trying to decide why I am writing a blog. I think I want it to be a type of journal, a catalog of my interests. It's public, so I think that is the reason I went to showing just my art. Now I am thinking if the blog is going to keep my interest it will have to follow my interests. Things like art, cooking, kids, dogs, Jim and his trains and the world around me. Will this be of any interest to others? Maybe sometimes and maybe not. But it, I think, will keep my interest. My blog will be for me and anybody who is interested is welcome to read along. I hope that it will show me in the light that I have always tried to portray, that of some one who is always open to learning new things. To that end I am going to keep Becoming a Renaissance Woman as the title.
Hi Paulette,
ReplyDeletelooks like you are having fun sketching with that charcoal. I ordered some things from Dick Blick, and just realized I made a mistake and ordered 2 tubs of charcoal...yikes....that'll last me until forever. If you want one of them, let me know and I'll send it to you....no charge ;-)
Thank you for the generous offer. It doesn't seem to go very fast, I have had some given to me and I bought some pencils too.:) So I would have to say try to send it back or maybe give it to a charity. Thanks again for thinking of me.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have fun working with them, they're very immediate for results.