I haven't drawn with charcoal in years. It grinds into my fingers, gets all over my clothes, smears into blurs, and I hate having to fix it.
But coming back to it once in awhile reminds me of the joys of intense black and the versatility of charcoal.
The matte fixative was sooooo chemically penetrating--smelly 2 floors up in the house in spite of spraying in the garage--that I resorted to hair spray on these.
On a heavy cardlike paper with good tooth, plus Derwent aquatone orange and conte white.
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