Sketch: a charcoal drawing in black and white
Charcoal and pencil on warm white paper — strong darks, soft smudged tone and the paper left bare in the lights, from $69.
Where it comes from. The portrait drawing in charcoal and graphite, the way portraitists have always studied a face before painting it.
Best for. Faces with character, older photos, and memorial portraits. Color casts in the photo stop mattering.
Where it hangs. Monochrome, modern and Japandi rooms, offices, and anywhere a quiet piece suits better than a colorful one.
The brushwork. Gestural lines, hatching and smudged tone, with a few construction lines left in.
How to start. Upload one photo, see this style painted free in about fifteen seconds with three more ideas beside it, then leave an email for as many more as you like and up to five free changes. You see a full-resolution proof before anything prints; sizes run from 8×10 to 36×48 inches, from $69.