One of the reasons I adore using charcoal to depict the sea is that to me, it is most fitting that the most elemental of drawing materials - derived from carbon - should be used to depict the life force that is the ocean. Here I have sought to portray the tempestuous dance of the waves and their ever-dynamic energy, movement and spirit in a piece that almost created itself, so sure was I of the marks I was making with every stroke.
One of the reasons I adore using charcoal to depict the sea is that to me, it is most fitting that the most elemental of drawing materials - derived from carbon - should be used to depict the life force that is the ocean. Here I have sought to portray the tempestuous dance of the waves and their ever-dynamic energy, movement and spirit in a piece that almost created itself, so sure was I of the marks I was making with every stroke.
