The neat thing about drawing in conte or charcoal is that you are really drawing with an eraser! In the method I use I tape my paper onto a board and then carefully scrape a stick of conte/charcoal with a blade to create dust all over the paper. The dust is then blended smooth over the whole piece of paper with paper towel. I use an eraser to draw the shapes, then put in the lights with white conte and darks with black conte/charcoal.
It's really cool how the process works to create a realistic image! I will use a blending stick to make grays and you can even use a brush to gently blend for fur. I love working with this medium because it can be very quick and very detailed at the same time. It's also very messy, but washes up well.
There are lots of ways to use conte/charcoal and I have fun with a lot of them! Since I have no real progress to report I thought I'd offer you a few sites to look at for other ways to use charcoal:
- www.artinstructionblog.com/charcoal-drawing-basics-techniques-for-beginners
- http://www.drawingprofessor.com/tutorials/charcoal/index.html
- http://heatherwardwildlifeart.blogspot.ca/2009/12/drawing-tip-23-applying-charcoal-with.html
I definitely recommend trying this out. You can do something similar with graphite too if you wish!
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