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.
CHAPTER II.
OUTFIT NECESSARY FOR CHARCOAL AND CRAYON DRAWING.
The first thing to be provided is an easel, which is used now entirely for drawing, it being considered much better practice to work in an upright position than in the old-fashioned way of leaning over a table.
This easel may be of the simplest character, and is made of three straight bars of pine wood jointed so as to stand upright, with holes perforated through two of the bars about two or three inches apart. Through these holes pegs are stuck upon which to hold a narrow wooden tray. Upon this the stretcher, drawing-board, or portfolio is placed.
DRAWING-BOARD.
This board is made from any light wood, and should measure about 20×24 inches square, and be as thin as it can be made without warping.