For my first project, I took inspiration from a photo I had taken last semester at a concert. I really liked that the photo was foggy, and that the artists on stage were kind of disappearing into the background. There was already a sense of foreground, middle ground, and background in the image which made the process a little bit easier.

I decided to use charcoal for my project. At first I wanted to also use color pastels, since I really like the red in the original image. But I had no idea how to combine that with the charcoal so I decided to just stick to black and white. I am happy with how it turned out since it was my first time drawing using charcoal, but it could be improved. I think the middle ground could be even darker/foggier, and the lights and beams of light could have stood out more. I could also add more detail to the people in the audience, like adding highlights to the hair and make the phone more detailed too, and also the whole situation on the ceiling could be better. Overall, I tried my best and that’s what matters.