# Sage Corner – Charcoal

- Link: https://www.reekersart.com/product/sage-corner-charcoal/
- Published: 2026-10-29T21:27:25+00:00
- Author: billy

This is an original charcoal drawing from a series that I have created by visiting
and studying specific locations at Huntington Beach’s Shipley Nature Center.  At
each location I create a series of pleinair paintings throughout the year, then 
I create the following year large paintings and charcoal drawings, pastel drawings
and prints.  This charcoal drawing was bases on the North West corner of the Nature
Center where the presents of the indigenous plants and large trees gives the impression
of power and history.  Shipley Nature Center is dedicated to preserving the landscape
as it was by only allowing indigenous plants to flourish there and though it is 
tended to it still helps one feel the nature of the Southern California unblemished
landscape.

Charcoal drawing consist of vine, compressed and pencil charcoal materials.  The
image is created by adding and removing the charcoal until the image is draw to 
my standards.  The result is a dramatic scene contrasted by the black charcoal and
white of the paper.  My hope is that the tactility of the original markmaking and
luster of the charcoal creates an exciting effect for the purchaser of these drawing.