"But I Remember" Original Charcoal Drawing by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

"But I Remember" 

16x20 Charcoal Drawing on Strathmore charcoal paper

I enjoyed trying to capture his eyes.  This charcoal drawing is available

without frame by clicking HERE

Thank you for looking.

Life is Art...Paint Your Dreams!

Female Portrait Charcoal Drawing "Pensive" by Colorado Artist Susan Fowler

FRESH OF THE EASEL....

Female Portrait Charcoal Drawing

 16"x20" Charcoal on Paper

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Female Portrait Charcoal Drawing "Lady in Profile" by Colorado Artist Susan Fowler

 Female Figure Drawing

 20"x16"Charcoal on Paper

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Enjoyment with an Objective by Pamela Blaies

Charcoal Study

8" x 6"

Sometimes in the evening, I like to do studies with charcoal on paper for enjoyment. I'll draw my kids watching TV, my husband checking out his Ipad or my new puppy. I also have a collection of photos and interesting pictures I can refer to - always people. The beautiful thing about charcoal is that I can get out my supplies in seconds and do studies even while relaxing on the couch. It is fun, but with a purpose. The figure requires precise drawing and any drawing errors are immediately obvious, which helps to greatly improve my draftsmanship.

Here is a study I did the other night. Working to suggest blue eyes and blond hair in sunlight with a black stick - fun!

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Brett, 16x24 Charcoal Drawing by Carmen Beecher

NFS

Once a month I participate in the Stephen Perkins workshop at the Artists' Guild in Melbourne, Florida. I need to do life drawing at least weekly, but I just can't squeeze it into my schedule. I need to do better, because it is available both at the Guild and at Ralph's Art Supply in Eau Gallie. If you can draw people, you can draw anything. I should spend a year of my life drawing and painting people from life. Yep, that's what I should do. The wonderful artist Karin Jurick painted 200 mug shots, and that body of work was really impressive. The colors, the brushwork, the expressions--every time I saw one I wondered what the person's story was. She captured defiance, sadness, hopelessness and other raw emotions with her very expressive paintbrush.