I bought a pot of Liquid Charcoal by Wallace Seymour and thought I'd try using it for the first time in the studio before using it for plein air sketching and painting.

I chose a black and white photo of Loe Beach in Cornwall as the subject for my first effort. This area, along the Fal River, will be a large part of my work over the next 6 months as I prepare for a major solo exhibition.

The liquid charcoal was great fun! I found using it in this way very interesting although heavier weight paper would have been better as you will see!

For the drawing / painting I used:

Liquid Charcoal by Wallace Seymour
Accademia 200gsm paper by Fabriano
Water
Turpentine
Compressed Charcoal
A craft knife blade