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My 2nd Charcoal 2026-04-24
Powdered charcoal on 140lb watercolor paper, 9″x12″
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My First Charcoal 2026-04-22
Nothing but charcoal. Charcoal stick, powder and just a little charcoal pencil. Two versions of the reference photo.
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Practice Shading 2026-04-17
5H and 6B pencils The sketch below is a bad rendering, but I don’t consider it a failue. Because I learned (quite a bit) from…
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