The Drawing Blog : Charcoal Drawing

Drawing and Painting Together

judith St. Ledger - Roty — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:48:00 GMT

This is another complicated charcoal drawing, one done by an artist completing her first level of study at Studio Incamminati. I have shown it in three stages, ranging from the beginning of the drawing process to the end. The light is from the front right...(read more)

I Am Captivated--I Hope You Are Too

judith St. Ledger - Roty — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:23:00 GMT

I have always loved charcoal drawings. A few years ago, I came across a book of charcoal figure drawings by Henry Yan , who was then an instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I immediately bought two copies of the book--one to keep...(read more)

Beyond Drawing Basics: Evidence & Interpretation in Master Landscape Drawings

American Artist — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:05:00 GMT

Many great landscape drawings were created as preparatory studies, educational exercises, or informational journals and not as finished works of art. We can now study those freely made graphic images for evidence of the drawing essentials , ideas, and...(read more)