The picture on the right is the photo I took of the still life that was set up in class. The picture on the left is the charcoal drawing I made of the photo. Like all the other pieces I do, I went over time in class and had to finish the rest of the still life at home. It took me about two weeks and, in that time, I think I did pretty well. The proportions were pretty well drawn as well as the shading. My favorite part of this is probably the skull or the bottom of the drawing itself. I worked the hardest on the skull (as in the first whole week was me working on just the skull) so therefore I think it's the best. My second favorite is the bottom half, which I cut off. I cut it off because I tried drawing the fabric underneath the skull and I couldn't get it to look right so I cut it off. I couldn't get the canteen to look quite right and the saddle wasn't perfect either, but I think It's one of my best works. I definitely used and learned new techniques with charcoal. At one point I broke my blending stump so I took a paint brush that I wasn't really using and used that instead. It worked just as well and maybe even a little better. Overall, I think I made major progress with the charcoal.
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