Doggie in charcoal

Another work in progress. Working on my drawing skills, a dog done in charcoal and charcoal pencils. Basically just working in shapes of shadow, sculpturing the head, as well as working on the eyes. Drawing is the basic in any painting I do, and doing work in other mediums than my usual pastels is both healthy and fun. A little bit rusty, mind you, but still - happy with the progress so far.....the hard part is to get a wide range of values with the charcoal, very easy to go to dark to fast....we'll see how it turns out.....