CHARCOAL DRAWING | Mexico Towans, Cornwall

Drawing with willow charcoal in the studio.
A view across St Ives Bay from Mexico Towans in Cornwall.
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[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Sunday treat. Thank you Andrew.☘️

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Glad you enjoyed it Rosemary

[@andreapiedmonte1954]

This was a wonderful Monday morning surprise, and while I missed the dog (until the end) and the shifts in climate and difficult terrains, the video was extremely informative for me. Starting with working on a gessoed panel. I have a bunch of them. I'm going to try it out today. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

My pleasure Andrea. I am pleased you saw Basil at the end - I wonder how many people missed him?

[@lindafitz9349]

Love watching your work with charcoal. ❤

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much 😀

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

You really captured the sand.....very effective.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much

[@mdz0739]

Awesome work and thanks for sharing!

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much 😃

[@retiredpainter259]

Great work Andrew and a very nice studio , all the best with the upcoming exhibition

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@WilliamPepper-h1q]

Interesting to see the process. Great stuff.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you William

[@tracyhickman1359]

Love these charcoal pieces

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Tracy

[@WTFlorida]

How do you fix your pieces when complete? Beautiful work!

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

I don't often fix them - it changes the charcoal too much for me. I prefer to frame under glass asap (although this is expensive)

[@Wal48]

Didn’t think of doing a charcoal on gessoed board. Gives a nice texture. I guess the charcoal adheres to it ok. I would have thought would be too smooth? Do you spray over it to make it permanent? I love how the charcoal marks just suggest landscape features.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you for your comments. I usually add a little texture (maybe marble dust) for the charcoal to grip onto. I don't spray these with fixative anymore as I find it changes the subtle charcoal marks

[@VirginiaFoss]

Your working upright, I lay my work flatter when working with messy (chalk, pastels and charcol). Which do you recommend as both have their own advantage/disadvantages.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

I like to work upright because the charcoal / pastel dust drops away from the drawing. Although I prefer working flat with pencil

[@retiredpainter259]

Do you put a preserver on the finished job

[@Taichistretchingspace3479]

What to use for drawing onto? Looks like board with paper attached ..thanks from NZ

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

It is a personal choice but nice to try different suface

[@meredith7236]

Hi fantastic

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Meredith