Charcoal Making & Drawing with David Begley

Join artist David Begley for an exciting day of charcoal drawing in Roundwood Parish Hall. Participants will learn how to harvest and prepare wood for baking charcoal at home, and will explore tools and techniques for drawing in charcoal. David’s charcoals include ivy, cork, and driftwood. Through experimenting with these, participants will enjoy the wide range of marks, tones, textures and colours home-baked charcoal can produce. 

David will discuss how to bake charcoal, will demonstrate charcoal ink making, and how to use additional drawing tools including chamois, erasers, sandpaper, and brushes. 

David Begley is an enthusiastic, energetic, and generous teacher who loves to share his knowledge and experience.

This workshop is suitable for all levels.

Materials supplied, please bring a notebook and apron.

David Begley

David Begley is a visual artist, writer, film maker, botanical ink and charcoal maker, and an arts educator. He works through drawing, painting, monotype, video, sound, and animation. David has received Arts Council and Artlinks awards for visual art and creative writing. His animations have been screened in galleries and film festivals in Ireland, UK, USA, Greece, and France.

His monotype prints have been selected for exhibitions at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, and Oriel Mostyn, Wales.

David's artworks can be found in the public collections of Contemporary Irish Art Society, Environmental Protection Agency, Filmhouse, Irish National Teachers Organisation, and Office of Public Works, and Wexford County Council.

David contributed to Making Charcoal for Artists by Kate Boucher, published by The Crowood Press (2024).
 Immersed in ink making, David created a short film and series of botanical paintings, Small finds, exhibited at St David’s Cathedral Refectory, Wales, and Wexford County Council in 2023.