I hadn't really used charcoal much earlier in the course as I found early on that my skin was reacting to the sticks and it quickly caused infections. I did purchase one make of charcoal pencil but these weren't user-friendly as the charcoal was broken throughout each pencil, so gave up with the medium. However I bought a different make (Derwent) for this task. These were better quality and didn't trigger such bad skin reactions, just mild irritation that didn't affect me/my work. 

2 min sketches in charcoal with a focus on basic lines.

For this 10 min drawing in charcoal pencil, I studied tone more. I tried to convey shape and form through shading rather than lines all the time.