Charcoal Sketches

This morning we used pieces of charcoal to create portraits of people. This was to experiment using different drawing materials that we were not use to, for example I am more comfortable using a pencil or fine tip pen. This exercise helped more draw on a much larger scale, as well as having the ability to easily blend. I also found that instead of lots of short strokes, the charcoal makes you draw much longer which is good for quick portrait sketches.

Here are some examples that I did in my sketchbook and on paper:

The last image is definitely my favourite sketch, as there is more shading and looks a little bit more realistic. The first one I drew came out very cartoon-like and out of proportion.