Nothing feels or sounds like charcoal. It's raw and messy. Black and filthy. It has a raspy voice like leafy branches scraping the side of a house on a windy night. Drawing with charcoal makes time stand still. A primordial connection lives inside charcoal. It's a link to ancient artists who took whatever they had and made something out of nothing. With burnt chunks of wood they made images, lines and marks. They made art.
So true...
ReplyDeleteMakes one think how if you're creative you'll find a way to express yourself. I met an artist this week that painted with nail polish. So many colors! Before that she painted with jello...
Another artist friend, as a child, used to paint with tea. Different ones had different tones and colors. It was all she had to work with.
Yeah, I can understand burnt wood...