Showing posts with label architectural landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architectural landscape. Show all posts

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Attempts at charcoal

Since I acquired charcoal for my geese project, I wanted to see what I could do with it.  Charcoal is interesting to me mainly because of its inherent black and white contrast and all the values in between.
My interest in the black and white medium dates back to my high school days when black and white photographs were a lot cheaper to process.  On top of that my high school had a dark room.  It was a great excuse to get into an air-conditioned room when the outside is hovering around 90 degrees and 99 per cent humidity. 


The first attempt was a self portrait.  I did this standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom.  My acquaintances told me that it didn't look like me, since I look much better than that; nonetheless I captured that sour frown on my face as I was so absorbed in my own portrayal.  I almost look like Donald Trump !


My second attempt was a flight of steps.  I was mesmerized by the contrast not only of the light values, but of the rounded, curve lines against the rectangular brick works.