Sara Wendy Olivia studied our Beginners Drawing Course recently and created this wonderful still life study in charcoal. Students who are practicing drawing and finding it difficult to create tone within their artwork, charcoal is a great way of gaining experience. You can also use black pastels to create tonal ranges and texture too. Sara has created a wonderfully dark background which has allowed her to bring out the light highlights on the glass bottle and the shiny pottery. This would be a lot more tricky using graphite pencil and white paper.
Why not give it a go yourself? Don’t worry about getting messy, its all good fun!
