This is a quick charcoal study for a self portrait that I’d like to do some time in the future as an oil. “The Guitarist” shows myself with my backpacker classical guitar on the day I got it as a present from my family on my birthday. It was done on toned charcoal paper with a General Charcoal Pencil in 557-4B soft. I think it would have looked better with either a darker background or a few white highlights added, but it’s a start.