From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they're made in a traditional medium
'Traditional' here means 'Physical', as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.
What's allowed: Acrylic, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache, Oil and Watercolor Paintings; Ink Illustrations; Manga Panels; Pencil and Charcoal sketches; Collages; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood Prints; Pottery; Ceramics; Metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; weaving; Qulting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.
What's not allowed: Digital art (anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs) or AI art (anything made with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney or other models)
make sure to check the rules stickied to the top of the community before posting.
I'm looking forward to practicing with this medium more, I used to love it but I haven't done anything with it in years.
Is everyone here just ignoring the “made your own charcoal” part or is it really that commonplace? I’m curious what kind of material you started with, I’d assume wood? Did you prepare it in any specific way? I know you can do pyrolysis in just a couple of tin cans, but I’m also curious if you used anything special for the production. Very cool!
I noticed a lot of companies (Coates for example) make their charcoal out of willow and I always liked those companies because they're really smooth and dark. A couple of weeks ago the willow tree in my back yard lost a branch so I broke it up into pencil-sized pieces and used TKOR'S paint can method for making charcoal. It was super easy and once everything cooled down I wrapped my favorite ones in painters tape and put the rest in a box! Here's a pic of the ones I used to draw that. I think the different shapes they came out in gave me a cool variety of different tools but I should have straightened some of them out when I was drying the branch.
Good work. You really nailed the softer shaded areas. You must be very patient to fill out a whole scene like this in detail.
Very satisfying to look at. Makes me want to hunt down my own charcoal sticks and take a jab at some mark making...
Thank you! I think this piece took me like four hours. And definitely give it a go! I forgot how much fun it is to work with
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Original posters name.
You are really good
Thank you
I wouldn't mind seeing more Leemy users posting their art to be discussed, but otherwise, nice looking little room.
I was surprised to see people don't do it more here. Lemmy has such a knowledgeable and supportive community and it's such a good place to go for honest constructive feedback
