Charcoal drawing

I have a random selection of thrift store chairs in the studio....so why not draw them!

Students spent about 20 minutes with each chair, looking carefully at its proportions, the position of the legs and its curves.

Charcoal drawings are all about layers, smudges and more layers.

The 3rd chair was a faster 5 minute sketch to capture all the lovely wrought iron curves.

Drawing with charcoal

The days are getting longer and the winter session is under way. Time to post pretty pictures of what  my middle school students are up to in the studio.

Still life of the day in charcoal and white chalk on some beautiful handmade paper I scored at  Seattle Re-Creative.

Finished!

A delicate touch.

Charcoal is all about layers. Sketch, blend, add the highlights and finish with a few strong black strokes.

We started the session with quick 5 minute contour line drawings of sneakers.  Students were to try to keep their pencils on the paper at all times.