Graphite/Charcoal

The portraits on this page were rendered in graphite or charcoal, but it is only recently I have been using charcoal. I use either Saunders Waterford or Arches Full Imperial 140 lbs HP watercolour paper. The portrait of 'Bernard Blackburn Master Wood Carver' was rendered on CS 10 Illustration board, unfortunately this board has been discontinued, but artists/illustrators are still hoping to get their hands on it, not surprisingly, it was a great board to work on