Charcoal Self Portraits

We used charcoal to draw self portraits. We concentrated on where to put our facial features. We added shading and used rubbers to create lighter areas.

We learned how to position the features on our face in the correct places by drawing horizontal and vertical lines. When we were finished we smudged out the lines with our fingers.

We really enjoyed using charcoal because we could change our work again and again by blending in anything we weren't happy with. Look at the results below.