Solitude - Charcoal art - 9th November 2009 - Step by Step

Charcoal art of an old lady

Step 1

• Tried compressed charcoal as you can see in the top left corner. Dint work well actualy. Now I know i have to use vine charcoal. I was actually trying to increase the grey level.
  

• Closer look at the eyes

Step 2

• Right ear and Jaw are big. More features, Hair have been added
  

Step 4

• Fixed both of them. Increased the gray level. All features retouched. Time to go for the background and rest of the body.
  

Step 5

• Half way through with the background and the hands

Final

• Background Enriched, All features retouched. Heavy use of ear buds to spread compressed charcoal. Overall gray scale adjusted.