Random charcoal abstract drawing

       Are you in a state of "what to create next"? Are you needing inspiration?This is a fun and easy exercise for you to restart your creative juices flowing. Get your paper out and set it up for a quick sketch. Start by drawing some random lines across the paper and a few vertical ones also. Then draw some biomorphic shapes at random points. When you have the paper covered take some compressed charcoal and do some shading of the shapes. This is random so shade in odd places as well as in the correct ones. We are not in class and we do not have to "stay in the lines" so have fun with it. After shading use a smudge pencil or tortillion to smooth your shading. You can change the look of the drawing at this time in a very unique and exciting way. The pics below show how I did this drawing today. I titled it "Fun house Fantasy". Feel free to comment. Hope this helps you get restarted.