Tree sketching using charcoal and white pastel by Manju Panchal

Another Charcoal and Pastel work on coloured Canson paper

Using beige coloured CANSON MI TENTES paper created another tree trunk using CONTE charcoal pencil and white soft pastel pencil and white chalk. Every tree trunk is so different and has its own identity, the bark, the textures. 

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Charcoal and white pastel work on Canson paper

Planning to do a two days ART WORKSHOP in charcoals and soft pastels after the 21st of this month.

If interested you can register the names for the same by writing at manjupanchal@hotmail.com

Still life - charcoal painting of an apple by Manju Panchal

Demo work done during a workshop

Viewing the apple from the top, created this charcoal painting of an apple as a demo work during a Charcoal Painting workshop. Apart from using Fabriano and Canson paper I also use cartridge sheet as in the book whose image I am posting below. It is a simple Navneet drawing book and I like the cartridge sheets in it.

This book costs just Rs 18 and I use it frequently to do my rough sketches. The apple sketching has been done on a cartridge sheet from this book. Not recommended for serious work as it is not acid free and will turn yellow over a period of years.

 

Apple - upper view

Charcoal sketching on cartridge paper

Used CONTE charcoal pencil and kneaded eraser for the creation. The technique involved blending

and scribbling with the pencil to create the values.

Charcoal painting workshop - My demonstration works

During the two day course of a basic charcoal painting workshop I normally demonstrate the work myself
explaining my techniques as I go step by step further blending and shading.

Posting below two of my demo works done recently.

Both works are done on ordinary white cartridge sheet. The students who attend the workshop do the work on cartridge sheet, Canson paper and Fabriano paper so as to see the effect of the charcoal painting on different surfaces. Also they get to do different subjects for a wider experience.

Two demo charcoal paintings

A tree trunk and

Majestic mountains