Charcoal on card Stock

Here an example of charcoal on a smooth surface.

Curious Rabbit

The Windmill and the Tree

Layered gouache and charcoal on watercolor paper.

Over the Hill

Goauche, Charcoal, and Cover Paper

This combination produces a beautiful vintage style.

Tuscany Quiet Alley

People Sketch

Another Prismacolor sketch on cover paper. This Chinese market salesman was completely exhausted and took a snooze.

Plastic Bags Dream

Gouache on Cover Paper

Gouache works well with 67lb. cover paper. For the base drawing I used a black Prismacolor pencil.

Peasant Girl

Baby in Charcoal

Sketch on cream color cover stock paper 67lb.

Peaceful Dreams

One More Charcoal Sketch

Testing charcoal and wax pencil.

Boy

Charcoal on Paper

Sketching with charcoal on newsprint paper.

Unexpected Visitor

Using Tortillions with Graphite Power

These simple sketches started with a drawing foundation using a small tortillion and graphite followed by gouache.

Cellar. Provence, France

Sunset in the Mountains

Several Sketches

Here are a few sketches in different styles and media.

Mosquito Planet

Hostile Planet

Saguaro Desert

Dusseldorf School of Romantic Landscape

A view of the Yosemite. Gouache on Lanaquarelle cold-press watercolor paper.

Yosemite Storm