TWO DIFFERENT METHODS.
There are two methods of working in charcoal—one, in which the charcoal point is used alone, the shading being put in with lines which are not blended, no stump, or rubbing together of any kind being allowed.
This style of drawing is principally used in illustrating, as it is more easily reproduced than those in which the stump is used. Full details of working in this manner will be given later.
The other method is that in which the charcoal is blended with a stump, no lines being visible in the modeling.
This manner of drawing is that most generally employed in art schools, and is susceptible of higher finish than the other.
It is also in this way that charcoal and crayon portraits are managed, such drawings being generally finished with crayon, and the two materials worked together. This subject also will be treated at length further on.
As we are writing for the benefit of those who have no knowledge whatever of charcoal drawing, we will begin at the very beginning, and shall endeavor to omit nothing that can be of practical use to the student.