Graphite with charcoal drawings

16x20 Graphite/charcoal on Canson Mi teintes paper
My graphite and charcoal drawings are drawings done on medium grey paper with black and white charcoal pencils used to add darks and highlights. The use of graphite allows me to make a very detailed drawing with subtle shading I can't get with charcoal alone.

Latest drawing

graphite and charcoal on toned paper

Graphite with black and white charcoal

16x20

I chose this pose because of the interesting fence and lighting for this pre-teen portrait. She is the daughter of my framers and they have been a huge help along my career. They matted and framed this to go with the unusual amber color paper I used.

Graphite/charcoal

Nephew


16x20 original

I normally don't do two portraits the same. But I had finished two cute portraits of brothers with bandanas and hats and later needed Christmas gifts of my nephews that live in Texas on a ranch. I took photos I already had of my newphews and added the elements of the hat and kercheif from the photos of the other boys and they looked perfect for their Texas home.