Charcoal and pencil....remarks?

Hi guys and gals....

check out these couple of new pieces....

http://home.hiwaay.net/~cbutts/oddstuff/charcoal&pencil/resurrection.jpg

http://home.hiwaay.net/~cbutts/oddstuff/charcoal&pencil/the_path_we_travel.jpg

Questions?
Comments?
Tell me they suck?

Very Nice Chris....as always! The second one is so very Zen. Both are great. I wish I could use charcoal, I use pencil, never could figure charcoal out......except how to make finger prints all over my artwork!LOL
Later,
Justin

I absolutely f*cking love those!

The only thing I would say is there is certainly room on them for more detail - and intense work - you know really getting in and attacking it! - the compositions and design - great!

Have you ever seen the woodcuts made by Blake?

Sorry, Im new to this forum and dont know if all this has been discussed already

Thanks guys!

Grass, a hint.... babypowder on your hands helps the charcoal not get them AS dirty. Mostly I just use the charcoal for shadows and shading. The majority of my stuff is pencil.
Also there are several different consistencies of charcoal, get a dense one.

*more detail*
WELLLLLLL, thats is something I DO NOT excel at. I do a really good job on backgrounds (sky, clouds, trees, bushes, rocks, etc.) but when it comes to really detailed work I just can't ever come up with anything I like.
I posted a while back a partial piece I've been working on for over a month (a dragon) but I still can't get anything I really like. (other than the dragon's head and wings...oh and the background. )

yeah your sense of composition is great.

Have a look at this - I know its old,old stuff but this reminded me!

http://www.art-at-home.com/art@home/BLAKE/BLAKE_VI/blake_vi.htm

"set of 17, $4595 ($270.30 ea.) . . . sold "
umm, thats pretty good money...
Anyone wan't a set of 17?
I'll have them by next week! :D

My cheque was in the post - but my dog ate it

Nice! Looks like something from the Diablo2 manuals! You have some guts posting your personal artwork...for some reason or other I was kinda afraid of getting bad replies on my sketches...but no complaints here! Nice!!!