Charcoal drawing on Stathmore paper.
I have been unintentionally gone from my blog a very long time. It is not because I have not been working but my work has taken a bit of a shift. I have been doing more drawing lately and I have also done a few larger paintings that simply take more time. This drawing of my friend Natasha is the type of drawing I am trying to do more of. It is a very good skill to be able to draw a portrait effectively. By drawing a portrait which must be very exact I am improving my hand, eye coordination. Drawing is the foundation to any painting and the more I can improve my drawing skill I will also improve my painting. If I draw a tree and it looks like a tree I still have plenty of fudge room in the drawing. As long as it looks like a tree it looks accurate. But if I am drawing someone's portrait there is much less wiggle room for me. This is what can really helps me to improve.
