what is up with your mom?!?!? she should see that you are a growing artist and nurture your developing talent! maybe one of your art teachers will have a white charcoal pencil. if not, they might have white conte, which is a VERY rich sort of pastel, a white chalk pastel, or even a cheap piece of white chalk would do the trick, though not as nicely. other than that, a white charcoal pencil only costs, like, a buck...you could probably dig enough change out of the couch for it...or i always would check in near the clothes washer and dryer...change always seemed to end up there after being forgotten in pockets.

have you ever worked with charcoal? it's messy but you can get sooo many gradations of black and grey. from the look of this pic it looks like you would be great at it. i never had a real art class until my junior year of high school (before that, self taught) and then i went to college for it. i actually hated it at college. it's not really that i hated the classes, its just that i hated having to go to them, you know? i wasn't ready for it. but it did teach me charcoal, and i am the best at it by far. i always mostly worked with graphite before...and i loved how i could shade with the charcoal. only recently (i am 25) have i started working with color.

here is a pic i did recently...

oh, and if you have any questions on anything art related, feel free to ask. i will try to help as much as i can.

later,

amanda

ps. nice green day!

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