I had to take a break from the charcoal for a minute.  It has been good but I needed a break.  Tonight, I decided to do a little graphite, 2H to be exact.  This is a picture of the two most important ladies in my life from about 2 years ago while at Disneyland.  I believe we are standing in line for “Small World”.  The proportions are not perfect but it was good to be drawing nice sharp lines with graphite and I was keeping it a bit loose.

On a side note, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my artistic direction for this year-long project.  I have been doing a lot of charcoal lately and that’s not because I particularly like charcoal that much as a medium.  I mean, I do like charcoal but I’m practicing it more to get a handle on the technique for my own good.  I actually think that I’m more interested in pen and ink illustrations than I am in charcoal.  And actually, I’m really interested in mixing mediums.  In the future, I want to draw more things from my imagination rather than from a photo.  Or I want to meld my photo reference into something maybe more abstract or surreal.

I don’t know why I’m really even writing all this stuff because I really don’t know where I’m going with it but I guess I am  feeling kind of excited about what may be on the horizon for me artistically.  I’m looking forward to finding my voice as an artist.  I may have to begin spending multiple days on a single picture in order to give the drawing the time it deserves to come together.

Medium: Graphite

Time: 2 Hours

Reference: Photo