My first reactions to using charcoal:

"Mmm."

"Gugh."

"Oops."

"Oh no!"

"GAAAAAHH!!!!!"

I've fallen in love with using it... it's so smooth! And very dark. But as for the way my pictures are turning out... that's another story :p My putty eraser, which I bought only yesterday, has absorbed so much charcoal it now looks suspiciously like blue-tac. Now, I'll just have to remember not to stick stuff on my bedroom walls with putty eraser... ^_^;

I was soaring with delight after I got home from Art Friend yesterday... immediately sms-ed everyone in Art Club about my new purchase. Turns out Yu Heng knows something about it and offered to guide me!!! Hee... hope this will help me make lots better pictures... Mi'er... I'll need you too... :)