my first charcoal art (and others to come!)

[dragonfire999]

hey
today i bought a pack of charcoal media supplies
it comes with-
3 soft charcoal crayons
4 sticks of hardended charoal
1 soft pencil
1 medium pencil
after 30 minutes expirimenting i made this picture-


more to come comments welcome

[Frarda]

Its very nice, it may just be me, but the underside of hte neck needs more shading, I think, it looks as if the scales under its neck were going almost straight out from the middle of its neck rather htan being the bottom.

[dragonfire999]

well  its not that good
tommorow ill post the snake i made....
much better ^^

[dragonfire999]

new one!!!! :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:

[Frarda]

Its good again, but I see that same effect again, the scales on the bottom don\'t look like they\'re really the bottom to me.

Well, at the end of hte tail, after the last loop around the branch they DO look like they are on the bottom, just not the ones around the \"neck\" area, to me.

[Seyeu]

This your first try with charcoal? If so, two pieces of advice.

1. Keep a clean sheet of paper over the sections of your drawing you have already done, so you can rest your wrist and arm without risking smudging anything.

2. If you must smudge (and I admit the temptation to solve shading issues by smudging can be overwhelming,) roll up a piece of tissue or buy a blending stick, don\'t use your fingers. Fingers leave oils on the paper, and even if it doesn\'t show right away....it will.

[dragonfire999]

thanks for the advice

[Soulless_Body]

I tryed  charcoal out ones but i sucked. Maybe i\'ll try it again some day.

Very good.

[ArcaneFalcon]

I see where you\'re coming from Frarda.  Try giving the scales some extra shading on the left side to make it seem rounded.  Looks great so far.  Keep it up!

Edit: Oh, and try using reference pictures as well.  This will help you to start seeing shadows better which will give your work more realism.  Google is your friend.

:emerald: