Charcoal meets Watercolour

My newest piece I plan on listing this weekend on eBay. The charcoal works great in contrast to the softer watercolours. I'm hoping to experiment more combining the two mediums, it was a great experience. My last few pieces were quite a bit "darker" so the fusion of colour into the charcoal medium was a welcome change.

***Update***
This piece is currently for sale in my Etsy Shop. Click on the picture to be taken to the listing directly

Working with charcoal pencils....

A completely different media than I remembered. I really do love it, but it's so incredibly easy to overdo it. I love using the white charcoal though to highlight. Any studies I ever did in High School art class conveniently left this little beauty out so I'm glad to have discovered it! Here are my first two pieces drawn in years:


Smiling Eyes


Pale-Lit

I look forward to creating more pieces with these pencils. The technique can be quite delicate and for once I love that!