CHARCOAL Textures

While witnessing the passing of the seasons from a place of relative consistency, I have gained a deeper appreciation of nature over the course of the last year. As winter strips the final leaves from the trees I took the opportunity to make some large-scale charcoal drawings of the pared back landscape around my home in North Wales. Making a drawing of a well-known view brings with it all of the pitfalls of familiarity – it is too easy to fall back on prior expectations and to forget the principles of stringent observation and response that should inform a good drawing – so