Black and White

Charcoal and white conte on Canson paper.

Drawing in black and white is a rest. Concentrating on the light I can let the paper carry the mid-tones.

These squirrels knew I was in a black and white mood. I had just decided to do some ink drawing and looked up to see them posing in the tree that broke in this year's wind. This is the same tree that the baby owls lived in last spring.

I started with Pigma pen, then added some darks with my brush pen and smeared things with a bit of water.