[aixguy]

Thanks everyone! If you have never tired charcoal and you like doing black and white portraits with your airbrush using reductive technique (erasing) you should give charcoal a try (vine and willow). I hated using it like they tought in class.. lots of mess and no detail. Applied like paint, using stumps (paper pointy things to smear it around without getting to dark) it really can be portable, fun, and fast. Just have to be carefull not to touch it till you spray it lightly with fixative when complete. Other bad thing is it has to be behind glass if you want it to last