Live vintage keys

Opening locks and locks
All that is securely locked
They remembered the warmth of hands -
One that prudently touched
To the web them to a massive ring,
Smeared with butter, olive.
And at times, close to face,
The man whistled the motives.
And rang of forged copper,
Like a flute in his hand obediently,
And the keys are never tired of singing
About cows in the meadows herding,
On ponds overgrown, about the colors,
About love among earthly Paradise,
About the sparkling streams, in the mountains
Light echo in the quiet pauses.
Rust-wreathed swords
Time spared them hardly.
But live vintage keys,
The locks and souls opened.

( M. Smirnov).

The drawing is executed on heavy paper for coal with a nice rough surface for the tinted black ink surface. Covered with a special varnish-fixative. Halftone pattern changing depending on the lighting. Charcoal has a velvety texture and a mild luchistoi, thanks to the individual pigment particles. The pictures painted with coal, is best kept under glass. Therefore the finished work is better arranged in the frame.
Presentable the charcoal helps to create a well-matched frame with bezbokova glass and, of course, Passepartout.