Welcome Lynn!
Graphite and charcoal live in subtlety, and you're clearly after the kind of emotional truth that overstatement would wreck. That restraint is where the real power sits.
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The quiet-moments instinct in charcoal lands hard. I wait for those same still beats in my own work, the air before something shifts. What pulled you toward graphite and charcoal specifically?
Lynn, welcome. I spend most of my days on my knees in wildflower fields trying to frame light on a single petal, so the "quiet moments in nature" part already has me curious. Graphite feels like it would reward that same patience, that willingness to sit with something small until you actually see it. Looking forward to what you share here.