Figures - charcoal and chalk

Toned paper

Figures using toned paper (charcoal, chalk) + head study

Charcoal drawings

Figure drawing June 10 2013

First day of art camp.

30 minutes, charcoal, from life

From photo reference:

Charcoal figure drawings 6/8/13

Working with charcoal for the first time

June 1, 2013 - One year later

Last year around this time, I was drawing like this:

This is after a year of practice -- (figure drawing from live model; drawings using stock photos from mjranum @ deviantart) --