This is a photo of the piece as I first started erasing away contours to add depth. This was my second time working with charcoal. The project was to depict the still life objects in charcoal. I slowly etched dark values and erased away lighter values. I blended and reworked over and over with as little judgement as possible. If the value or ratio seemed off, I would look at the piece from far away. Changing light sources was the greatest challenge. I will use this skill to shape objects without using line.