Charcoaling (and one painting)

About a week ago I bought a charcoal set. So here are some of the drawings I've done.

This first one I sketched when I was at a cafe doodling.

I used mixed media paper. It's quite thick and the size is about 30x40cm or 12x15inches, as well as the painting at the end.

This second one is a little darker or creepier one. I'm not 100% happy with this so I might redo this.

I added some red paint to the wounds etc. after the fixative.

I started to make this based on my halloween mask, but now it looks a bit like Eddie from Iron Maiden. For this (and the scenery drawing above) I used charcoal paper.

And finally a painting. I sketched this while I was doodling at a cafe (again). Acrylic, emal and gouache paints were used on this one.

Miniature paintings

The largest of these is 10x10cm or 4x4 inches and smallest is 5x5cm or 2x2 inches.

This was the first time I used gouache paints and I have to say that I'm very happy with them.

They dry fast and yet in a way they give a long working time. After they have dried I can still work them by adding little water to them. This makes blending very easy.

I also like that they are opaque and matte.

For the first painting I got the inspiration when I was walking at the Pacific Grove. It doesn't quite look like that in there, but it gave me the inspiration anyways.

Inspiration for that 'eye painting' I got from a homeless artist. He makes very nice pen&ink work.

After a while of talking with him i decided to buy one of his works that gave me the idea for my smallest painting (yet). When I told him that maybe I can learn something from his work he got excited and gave me some tips on drawing. Unfortunately I didn't think of asking if I could upload his work..maybe I'll upload it later if I happen to meet him again. :)

Rest of the paintings are more or less copies of my old paintings.