I still don't have a set idea for my concentration so I thought I would experiment with something new. For this piece I did a self portrait in charcoal on canvas.
I was curious to see how the charcoal would look on that texture. It was slightly different from drawing on paper, but the result wasn't different enough for me to want to do it again. I think this piece is softer than my usual drawings, so if that's your drawing style I'd recommend this technique to you. I still managed to get it pretty sketchy though, but it looks kind of amateurish to me. I probably should've embraced the softness, rather than use my normal style. Another thing about this technique is that it's really hard to erase. You can get it to be a very light gray, but the charcoal never fully comes off. I'm happy I tested it out though, because I've wanted to do this for a while.
The next piece I did was a painting:
The next piece I did was a painting:
I was hanging out with my friends one night and noticed I really liked the formation they were sitting in. So, I took a picture of it and decided to paint it. I created like 6 different color palettes and let them vote on which one I would use. It was unanimous, they all liked this one the best. When I started to sketch it out on the canvas I realized the dimensions didn't match the reference so I just added those black bars to create a movie like effect. This piece made me consider using "moments of my life" as my concentration, but i probably won't use that. It'd be too boring.