Either Or...

This blog is talking about which type of media that is used when I am drawing. Before attending MCA I pretty much stuck to my trusty graphite pencil, basically, because it was the first thing that I learned to use when I started to draw. However, since I have been at MCA I have learned that I also like to use charcoal. I've used charcoal before when I was younger but back then I guess you could say that I really didn't appreciate it. I felt that when I first started to use charcoal pencils that I was doing so incorrectly. I felt as if I made more of a mess than I did a work of art, I also felt that I was being too forceful when it came to putting the charcoal pencil to the paper when drawing. I would say that I still feel that I am too forceful when using charcoal, but at the same time I feel that I have attained a greater appreciation for it. It leaves a much darker line than graphite does and that helps when you want to draw something that is meant to be viewed from a distance. Because it is mandatory to use charcoal pencils in class it helped to establish the appreciation that I now have for them. HOWEVER, some part of me still feels that charcoal is kinda lame when compared to using graphite. In my opinion, graphite pencils are always going to leave a fine line, they are not going to break down that easily while drawing with them, and they are GRAPHITE! So in conclusion I would say that graphite is more of my personal preference than charcoal, but charcoal is alright. Like I said in one of my earlier blogs, I don't really have much experience with a lot of the materials that I have used or will use to make art in the future. So even though I like graphite more than anything now it is only because that is what I started out using, that has pretty much been my best friend when drawing so far. I'll probably grow to love a lot of the media that I will undoubtedly use in the future.