This picture was taken of layers of moss on brick outside. I then replicated this drawing in charcoal. I had previous done a study into the use of graphite and wanted to do the same in charcoal. However I didn't like the picture I was drawing, therefore I changed it to another picture which I thought would be more suitable, especially to draw in charcoal. Ive used charcoal a bit in my sketchbook but not in such a large scale. I will admit, I found it difficult to not smudge it, but I have now released that it is a lot easier to create tone throughout the piece. Instead of drawing the whole piece, I used a view finder to section of a bit of the picture.
I started this piece by making a lighter toned background because I felt it would be easier to draw into the piece with a rubber to create the "fuzzy like" texture that moss gives off. I then created the darker patches on top, such as the leaves and the darker lines created by the bricks. I then took a rubber and started to make lines across the page where I could see that the moss was lighter, I noticed in the picture that some parts of the moss has a lighter tinge on them, which is the reason I wanted to use a rubber. I feel that creating a base tone in a medium colour helped me a lot when creating the lighter colours.
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