The new year brings new creative energy! Recently, I've been drawn towards using charcoal for my portraits. In keeping with the natural theme of my ink and feather drawings, I love the textures and expression that charcoal allows for. It was so nice to be able to use my fingers to smudge and really feel the faces I was drawing - something you can't do with straight ink! There's something very primitive about this medium which gives it a very special significance, especially f