Charcoal has served humanity well over the years, providing fuel for cooking and heating. The technology worked on the barbecue, but as the owners use the briquettes that give so much flavor. The other outcome of this material was its application in art. There are many mediums through which the artist can express his vision. Charcoal was used as long as anyone can remember. This black residue produces images that are very atmospheric and delicate. Drawing with charcoal is more popular, but many artists have found fantastic results in charcoal painting, both color and monochrome. It is a method that requires many skills and abilities.
Drawing in this environment includes preparatory drawings themselves into finished drawings or paintings. Vine charcoal is used for the development of sticks and charcoal is compressed powder mixed with gum binder that will serve as pencils and crayons. Powdered charcoal is used to cover the drawing paper and the tone of the scale.
One of the most unusual coming of the surrealist movement is the use of Parsemage, an automatic method invented by the British and surreal, Ithell Colquhoun. This form of charcoal painting involves taking coal dust or colored chalk and sprinkling on the surface of the water, then skimming with a rigid material such as cardboard. The result is usually an application of a fixative.
Many artists continue to interest in landscapes, portraits and abstract work by the charcoal painting. Rudolf Boogerman is a painter who works mainly in charcoal and pastels. He produced a series of photos of London, representative of former industrial sites and infrastructure in the capital. Charcoal images in shades of gray are moodily compelling.
Jorge Rodriguez has used the largest area in which the charcoal painting painting portraits in Sepia. They appear on the sides of large buildings in downtown Madrid, only to inevitably fade with the onslaught of wind and rain. Bj de Castro is another artist working in charcoal, the production of prints with powerful images that stretches like a gymnast or a horse in motion with a single tree in the background. Azucena Barrios is a Mexican artist who works in shades of gray and brown to produce montages with titles that include Still Life, a collage of autumn leaves and multiple thefts, an image of birds.
The Mama Sherry Company based in China, reproduced in prints selling charcoal painting on thick paper. They are sincere portraits of Chinese men, women and children in monochrome.