CHARCOAL

Charcoal is a smooth yet brittle material that has similar properties to chalk pastel. The dark substance comes in different forms some are hard while others are soft—but overall it offers a quick sketching experience. Lighter, less dense charcoal is particularly adept at flying over the page and is great for casual sketches. But, don't underestimate the incredible depth it can achieve. My goal here was to see how far I could push my charcoal drawing techniques to make the textures look real . . . the mini dress, boots, hand, face and the hair.

• Contour lines suggest tight hair.

• Contour lines suggest facial structure.

• Contour lines suggest hand structure.

• Contour lines suggest texture of mini dress.

• Contour lines suggest structure of boots.

Before applying any charcoal drawing techniques, should make preliminary drawing pencil sketches.

Some of the lines, particularly those in the hand, were done quickly in order to get the feeling of movement. These are called gesture lines. The rest of the lines can all be considered to be contour lines.

Both gesture lines and contour lines simply are lines based on close observation. The difference is, gesture lines are done quickly, contour lines are done slowly.

This first preliminary looks three dimensional because of carefully chosen lines. Referring to the numbers on the preliminary drawing above:

 

 

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