Drawing objects with charcoal

In this session on the 10/09/14 I was given an A1 piece of paper, charcoal and white chalk and I had an hour to draw the object in front of me using the materials provided.  

I began by faintly sketching the object.  I drew a line through the middle of each of the objects to ensure I got the proportions right.  I then started to shade in the picture starting from the right hand side.  By doing this I discovered that as I worked towards the left of the picture my hand was smudging the charcoal.  To prevent this from happening I decided to work from the left to the right. This method proved far more successful.  I shaded in each key with a light block colour and then used the chalk to gain the impression of lighter areas and texture.  I used the charcoal to shade in the darker shadow areas by pressing firmly with the charcoal to give a darker effect. 

Based upon the outcome of my drawing I think I need to research how to achieve different tones and textures using charcoal.

Research

I like the sketch style that has been used in this drawing and how the artist has used a crosshatch technique for the shading. 

I really like this drawing.  I think that the artist has used the charcoal and whitle pastel extremely well to show different tones and textures for the skin, eyelashes and eye.  I think that this looks realistic and I really like this style and technique.  

I liked this picture as it shows how the light hits various shapes differently.  I thik that this picture will be a helpful reference for shading in future drawings.  

This picture stood out to me as I really liked how the artist has made the writing on the lock look like its indented into the metal.  I think that this is a brilliant technique.

I added this picture into my blog as it shows different types of charcoal and gives hint and tips about charcoal.  This will definitely be something I can use to help with using charcoal.