Black and white drawings may be devoid of color but definitely not of expression. In fact, looking at black-and-white artwork lends a timeless beauty to the subject; call it nostalgia if you will.
Although portraits of people come to mind when talking about black and white artwork, these drawings can use a wide array of subjects - reproduction portraits of people or animals, landscapes, everyday objects and more can be done in black-and-white.
Artists draw with chalk, ink, crayon, or pencil for black-and-white drawings. Another notable medium is charcoal. However, if you're going to use it to create a black and white sketch, it's best to use it with graphite pencils.
Why?
Charcoals have an irregular shape. When light strikes a drawing containing these particles, it bounces back in different directions.
It doesn't have the reflective glare that is common with graphite.
The darkest values in a drawing are usually shadows. When rendering a subject as realistically as possible, the last thing you want is a shadow that reflects more light than the subject.
That is why charcoals and graphite pencils are used together in drawings.
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