Charcoal is powder paint, which can be moistened to a greater or lesser extent before applying it to a canvas or paper. The advantage is that you can cover any part without mixing the colors too much.
The less precise lines make my original photos look a bit faded in this gallery.
My culture-deprived, aspirational mother dragged me once a month from our northern suburb - where the word art never came up - to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hated it. Jerry Saltz
