Quick Charcoal Sketch
The migrating birds are back and busy at the feeders.
Author: horsenettle
Another Blue Jay
This one using the Faber Castell matt graphite pencils.
Graphite on Claybord
Using graphite pencils on this smooth surface was a challenge. I sprayed it with fixative about halfway through to be able to add a few more layers of pencil. One nice thing about Ampersand Claybord is being able to scratch out highlights.
Three Sandpipers
By the third (top) one, I lost my steam and so it’s the least finished.
All measure 9”x12”, are on Stonehenge Legion paper, and are in graphite. The bottom is Faber Castell Pitt Matt pencils. The center is graphite, Tombow Mono Homograph. The top is a mix of carbon and graphite, Staedtler Mars Lumograph.
They all have their pluses and minuses, with darks going for the Mars Lumograph, expressiveness with graphite, and lack of shine for the matt pencils. Happily, they all work with each other, unlike charcoal, and so I can imagine using these together down the road. But maybe not with another Sandpiper drawing, although it is pretty adorable.