I think I drank about 4 sodas and 3 glasses of tea tonight. The result is that I'm wide awake at 3:00 am...but fortuitously, I was also able to finish a drawing on the caffeine high. I must also be a little loopy since I decided to do the piece in charcoal. I usually dislike charcoal. I love the look of art done in charcoal, but like pastel...it's messy. I also hate the feel of chalk on my hands, not to mention that it sometimes causes my skin to break out in allergic boils (TMI?) so I generally avoid both. I do feel that I'm missing out.
Unfortunately, I felt this character would best be captured in charcoal so I dug out my old charcoal pencils and blending stumps. Yup - these hands stayed spanking clean! It's cheating, I know, but they also make pastel pencils these days so some other people must share my abhorrence of chalky media.
Charcoal on Paper, 9"x 12"
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