From the article: Charcoal Drawing FAQ
Charcoal drawing is an important part of any art student's portfolio - whether it's tonal studies for painting or hours of figure drawing. It's pretty hard to be ambivalent about such a strong medium - most people seem to either love it or hate it. Or maybe you're one of the few in the middle? Share Your Thoughts
Love at first stroke.
- When my teacher first introduced me to charcoal I fell in love. My very first drawing looked so beautiful and felt so natural for me that I continue to use it most to this day. Charcoal is my forte. :)
- —Guest TT
i love it
- no matter what you do as logn as its made iwht charccoal it seems to always look good and thus i love it, it makes amazing drawings look perfect.
- —Guest modler2
Hated it, then loved it!
- When I first tried it, it was just a big mess. I kept going back to it but there was nothing I could do to improve it. Then one day I picked it up and it was so much better then any pencil. I found out the amount of detail I could get with charcoal and that my drawing time was cut in half with this amazing medium! It just took time getting used to it.
- —Guest Kelly
I Adore Drawing with Charcoal!
- I am a fine artist working primarily in black and white (BAW), my preferred medium being charcoal pencil. I particularly enjoy the way the charcoal moves, and the rich blacks it produces on smooth white paper resulting in highly contrasted imagery. Please visit my web site at: http://www.caroltaylorblackandwhite.com/drawings/the-tulipa-series for a gallery of my artwork. Carol Taylor Black and White "Not Everything is Black and White"
- —CarolTaylorBAW
Charcoal, love it or hate it
- I used to be one of those who hated it, everything about it from the mess to the smell! But I have learned to get used to it, not be so heavy handed with it (that got rid of some of the mess) and to use charcoal encased in wood rather than straight vine charcoal. So now I would say I have developed a somewhat offhand respect for it, if not an actual love of the stuff!
- —coastalcutie2000
Learning to Love it.
- I used to hate charcoal. Messy and hard to use, but as I am becoming more experienced I am starting to really get into it and learning to love it.
- —StarrpointHost01
