"Three of a kind"

Interesting to read what you did - good one Angela

Turned out well Angela, I like your drawing.

Many thanks Heather and Carole, You know it was rather funny, I was gazing at the coloured peel and thought, "how on earth do I transist from robust colour to charcoals?"So I blended the form in sienna then when I cross-hatched in dark brown and black it was like scraping back the actual peel! The skin started to be revealed with layering so amazing how this occurred as I was beginning to to change the entire drawing into a black and white charcoal feature. Something made me persist and even the bobbly effect on the skin became like tiny pinprick and shallow dips, now I am happy because its like sprinkling icing sugar on a cake only charcoal!

A very successful trial. Well done.

Good sketch Angela.

Thank you Kwok and Jim, I have only begun recently using coloured charcoal and am exploring ways to draw still-life subjects so layering and rubbing back this medium is just an experiment at present. I think its about 20 years since I picked up a piece of charcoal and that was at Art College where we were introduced to figure drawing. I do like drawing still-life objects so may attempt another one while in the phase! Thankyou all for your feedback as this medium kind of grows with you each time around!

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