Showing posts with label charcoal drawings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charcoal drawings. Show all posts

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Sunday Sketchbook - black and white sketchbook drawings


This page is one I worked on today - mostly plants, for some odd reason, but that's what I was mainly seeing, I guess.  This is just one of three sketchbook pages I did.  It's about 8 1/2 by 11", well, probably a bit more with the spiral.  The tree is water-soluble pencil, and everything else is vine charcoal.  Thanks so much for looking!  

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Four Futures - original charcoal figurative sketches

Hope you can make out these quick charcoal sketches on 6 x 6" Gessobord that I will begin to paint tomorrow.  The top two are tango dancers and the bottom two are already jiving away.  Can hardly wait to bring them to life and I think just for fun, maybe they'll be a little more abstract than usual.  But that remains to be seen.  These little dancers usually get their way. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Another Tango Charm - original figurative charcoal drawing


This type of pose always renders me speechless - I'm amazed at how easy the dancers make it look - one of my favorites.  It's on 14 x 11" Bristol board paper.  Done with charcoal with touches of white charcoal.  Thanks for visiting my blog! Sold

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ginny's Just Waiting - original charcoal figurative drawing

This sketch is going to evolve into a painting, probably, but I really love a drawing for its own sake.  For me, a drawing, especially from life, always captures that moment in time that the model was really right there in front of me.  Done with pastels and charcoal, the sketch is on Borden & Riley sketch vellum, 12 x 9".  Thanks for stopping by.  Sold

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Feelin' the Beat - original charcoal figurative drawing

Drawing these figures is so much fun for me and I never really know how they'll turn out. Sometimes they lead to a painting, but I'm such a fan of drawings and think they stand on their own as works of art. This drawing is on Strathmore Bristol paper, 6 x 6". Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Four One-Minutes - original charcoal life drawing by Connie Chadwell

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Hi everybody! I was away for a few days and haven't posted in awhile, but am currently working on more paintings.
This drawing is from a series of one-minute gestures that I did in a life drawing session I attended last week.
There is nothing like drawing from life! I draw people every day, but usually it's just someone who's going about his or her daily routine, so it's always a pleasure to have a professional model in front of me.
These quick charcoal gestures are on 18 x 24" Strathmore drawing paper.
Thanks so much for stopping by Hackberry Street Studio!