Good evening my fellow Steemers!

This morning I got a HUGE surprise from my mom! Every now and then she sends me boxes full of either food ( No I am not starving ) decoration or crafting supplies! This box was full with Easter nom nom noms and a lot of crafting projects!

Bless the mailman for waking me up at 8:15 and not having the decency to wait for me to get out of bed and just dropping a box of supplies before my front door and leaving! It took me give or take 30 seconds to jump out of bed and get to the door! Oh well, I said a few bad words, hit my toe because why not and stumbled back inside closing the door behind me

I found this amazing charcoal set inside the box and it made me smile from ear to ear! I never really used it before, so I was crazy in my head with ideas from the moment my eyes met the black sticks! In the past, I have tried a few lines here and there but never got myself into using it the right way. So, with a racing heart from joy and a lot of happy thoughts I created the saddest thing in my head!

I draw and paint what is written in my soul and this time I had these sad feelings after looking at pictures of my dad! He died June 1 last year and the wound is far from healed. I felt like he was rubbing my shoulders while I was working on this drawing! It made me feel so close to him and it honestly felt like my hand and fingers did the crying my eyes normally would.

I don't know why I make it so hard on myself all the time! I always have trouble with faces, I never used charcoal before so, why not make a portrait right? I made the base with a normal pencil and used some gray ecoline paint to have a base of the face.

Charcoal TIME!

Finally, time to play with my new best friends the sticks! I used the round charcoal sticks because I found out on youtube they are the easiest to work with for a beginner! I was surprised with how they work and how marvelous they blend!

I am going to dive in as deep as I can to learn how to use the charcoal! I am happy with the end result! For a first try and a portrait... Yupp I am happy!

Thank you for reading my post!

Best wishes
@poeticsnake

It's really an awesome art and realistic meaning thank you. I've expressed my opinion through the vote

This comment has received a 0.30 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @eliashossain.

hiii friend @poeticsnake, Good Evening.!
amazing to see your idea of drawing with charcoal. good work by showing your artistic skills with this. take care.

Thank you ever so kindly!
Always great to see a reply from you!
Hope you are doing well!
xxx
Snekky

Thank you ever so kindly!

For a beginner you did exceptionally well which leads me to my question.. Are you sure you are a beginner? Smiling. Good job

Not with drawing but with charcoal, yes I am a beginner!
I liked trying it out and I am going to try and find my own way of using it in my work!
Thank you for your kind words!
xxx
snekky

Ok. You will go far.... Nice work

Which I got this set of talents.. Nice one there @poeticsnake

This post has received a 8.83 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @poeticsnake.

Nice work here @poeticsnake
Well written
You've been a great source of inspiration to young steemians like me
I've got no regrets following you
More achievements and nice works✌️
Here's a shout out from me to noble steemians like you https://steemit.com/buildawhale/@geyzee/if-i-was-a-whale-whales-i-d-love-to-be-like

Congratulations @poeticsnake! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You got your First payout
Award for the total payout received

Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.

To support your work, I also upvoted your post!
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here

If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

Upvote this notification to help all Steemit users. Learn why here!

Trying out charcoal! (Latest artwork)

Good evening my fellow Steemers!

Charcoal TIME!

Thank you for reading my post!