A painterly and unfinished look…

Nothing much to say… just pics from the internet translated into Charcoal… Enjoy!

These 4 are teeny tiny. Done on a 8″x10″ piece of canvas.

This was a limited value Exercise, and on the painterly side. The top two are from Allen, Texas. Bottom Right is Napa-Valley, California. Bottom Left is courtesy of the internet. It is off course hard to maintain limited value when you have obvious gradation in value, but you try to control your temptation and stick to a 3-5 limited value.

Charcoal and White Pastel.

I am looking for an “even” tooth tan paper.  Most colored paper have uneven tooth and ridges and this affects the refined look that I want to give.  Regular drawing papers are great that way.