Creating Charcoal Illustrations, Fridays, February 21-March 28, 10-noon

Charcoal has been used as an art tool for thousands of years, dating back to at least 30,000 BC. and is still a medium of choice today. Using charcoal, you will learn techniques and how to integrate specific tools to enhance and add drama to your composition. You will discover there is so much versatility when you use this medium.  You will learn how to work with various blending brushes as you work with three charcoal pencils. Compositions will include winter studies along a stream, a lake with rugged mountain terrain, a birch tree setting off snow covered road as well as other interesting studies that enhance this useful medium. Stanley Gilmore, $128/$140

Materials list provided

Charcoal pencils, soft, medium and hard. Not sticks – must be pencils.

Various brands as listed:

 General’s charcoal pencils has 5 charcoal pencils and a white. $8.49

Pandafly Charcoal Drawing set of 8. $3.99

Primo euro blend has 3- hard, medium, soft, and a white. $7.99 online in Amazon and at Hobby Lobby.

Strathmore Charcoal Pad of 32 sheets 9×12 at Michael’s or online. $6.74

Set of transitions brushes, 6, for blending charcoal or pastels $17.99 on sale at Jerry’s Artarama. Normally $64. Hopefully will still be before class.

Creative Mark Blending Stumps Set of 6 $5.29

Kneaded Eraser $.90 (I will be supplying a special eraser to each student.)

Recommend buying a spray can of Krylon Workable Fixative to secure the charcoal drawing. (I will demonstrate the proper use of spraying the fixative. $8.17

I bought the materials at Hobby Lobby except the charcoal paper.

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