1y ago

This is the result of my first attempt at making my own charcoal to draw with and I couldn't be happier. Leucistic Curtains by L. Lamm (me) Charcoal, 2024

I'm looking forward to practicing with this medium more, I used to love it but I haven't done anything with it in years.

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I wouldn't mind seeing more Leemy users posting their art to be discussed, but otherwise, nice looking little room.
- I was surprised to see people don't do it more here. Lemmy has such a knowledgeable and supportive community and it's such a good place to go for honest constructive feedback
Is everyone here just ignoring the “made your own charcoal” part or is it really that commonplace? I’m curious what kind of material you started with, I’d assume wood? Did you prepare it in any specific way? I know you can do pyrolysis in just a couple of tin cans, but I’m also curious if you used anything special for the production. Very cool!
- I noticed a lot of companies (Coates for example) make their charcoal out of willow and I always liked those companies because they're really smooth and dark. A couple of weeks ago the willow tree in my back yard lost a branch so I broke it up into pencil-sized pieces and used TKOR'S paint can method for making charcoal. It was super easy and once everything cooled down I wrapped my favorite ones in painters tape and put the rest in a box! Here's a pic of the ones I used to draw that. I think the different shapes they came out in gave me a cool variety of different tools but I should have straightened some of them out when I was drying the branch.
Good work. You really nailed the softer shaded areas. You must be very patient to fill out a whole scene like this in detail.
Very satisfying to look at. Makes me want to hunt down my own charcoal sticks and take a jab at some mark making...
- Thank you! I think this piece took me like four hours. And definitely give it a go! I forgot how much fun it is to work with
A roll for your namesake
1 short of how many days are in this year, .25 short of days in an average year.
- ...what?
  
  Original posters name.
You are really good
- Thank you
This rules!
- Thank you!
God, this is beautiful!
Makes me want to paint again!
This makes me feel as a mix of Van Ghogh and at the same rime being inside a Dostoevsky book, I think the Karamazhov brothers or something like this (the one in why the main character is sick inside a room for a long time)
This is amazing. More people should post their own artworks here

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