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Custer State Park
Charcoal sketch
Charcoal on white paper
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Custer State Park is located in the Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. Most of the state parks out west are on my bucket list and this is definitely one park I’d love to visit. I used soft and hard charcoal sticks for this piece and only did subtle shading on the large rock to the right as in the photo I used, it was bathed in sunlight and casted a shadow into Sylvan Lake.
As I mentioned in my Seven Sisters sketch, I love sketching rock formations. They just seem alive and filled with stories. These formations are no exception. The ones in the background look distinctly like male body parts, or maybe that is just my imagination playing tricks on me.
There are nine tribes of Native Americans in South Dakota.
Here is a quick tour guide of Custer State Park:
And this is a longer tour guide by a couple who are hiking through many state parks across the US:
