Charcoal

More Charcoal Drawings, first half of 2024

Catching up on a batch of drawings.

Distant Charcoal Interior with Banana, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with A Few Distractions, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Circle Rug, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Ovals and Sweets, 2024
charcoal on paper
22 x 30 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Peach Missing Sofa, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Tangled Rug, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Cherry Tart, 2024
charcoal on paper
22 x 30 inches
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Charcoal Interior with an Emergence, 2024
charcoal on paper
22 x 30 inches
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Charcoal Drawings

In this group, I started working on a larger horizontal format. 22 x 30 paper. Conveniently, I also have a few saved frames that fit them fairly well. Switching to a horizontal format brings different challenges with the space.

Charcoal Interior with Coffered Ceiling and Plummeting, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Slice of Bread, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Competing ZigZags, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Distant Chairs, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Shifting Attentions, 2024
charcoal on paper
22 x 30 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Twisting Walls and Portrait, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Sloping Walls and Slice of PIe, 2024
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Charcoal Interior with Expanding Flat, 2024
charcoal on paper
22 x 30 inches
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Drawings Catchup 2, 2022-23

There are a few more from 2023 that haven’t yet photographed and processed.

Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Flat Tube Rug, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Opposing Views, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Thrashing Carpet, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Creeping Tangle, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Confounding Louvers, 2022
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Table Encroaching, 2022
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Grand View, 2022
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Rug Around the Corner, 2022
charcoal on paper
23.5 x 17.5 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Oversized Wallpaper and Curtains, 2022
charcoal on paper
23.5 x 17.5 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Outside with Circular Rug, 2022
charcoal on paper
23.5 x 17.5 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Impending Ceiling, 2022
charcoal on paper
23.5 x 17.5 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Lonely Chair and Plummeting Rug, 2022
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Coffered Rug, 2022
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Off Kilter, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Drawings Catchup 1 2020-21

Just updating content.. These are some drawings from 2020 to 2021 (and one 2022)

Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Sliding Between Expectations, 2022
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Dominated by Whirlwind Table, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Overwhelming Wallpaper and Spiraling Rug, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Paradox or Coincidence, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Patterned wall and Big Empty, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Unfolding with Coffered Ceiling, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Tempest, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Interior with Pointed Rug, 2021
charcoal on paper

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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Distant Compromise, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior Off Kilter, 2021
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Flat Black and Gray, 2020
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Voids, 2020
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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Benedict Cressy
Charcoal Interior with Folding, 2020
charcoal on paper
24.5 x 19 inches
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A drawing

Just posting a drawing…
Most drawings are their own thing. I do find myself occasionally borrowing a part from a drawing to use in a painting, or vice versa. This conversation pit rug came after the painting.  And in other news, I’m switching hosts, so chasing down who’s who and whens when.


Charcoal Interior with Dramatic Rug, 2023
charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches

Studio charcoal drawings

With painting interiors, I’m always having to juggle color relationships and color schemes. And even thinking of how they might look together on a wall (as in an exhibition).  By taking away the color component with drawing, it becomes more about the structure.  I also have been having fun with different ways of applying the charcoal. Brushed on, dusted, rolled or stamped.  This group of small charcoal drawings uses a cutout chair to mask the paper and create the ‘ghost chair’.