Charcoal drawing of Scarab

I used this incredible picture as model for this drawing: SCARAB

We're back to charcoal drawings as you can tell and I still love the technique. It is such a forgiving technique ... you can mess up and just brush it all off (OK, mostly) and start over. 
The black background of the original picture was a bit of a pickle to deal with but overall I think Mr. Beetle came out pretty well here. It's fantastic how this thing can look so alien being all of this Earth.