Featured 2 charcoal drawings of venice ?

i like your thinking cc, that does make great sense

 

Why don"t you try INSTAAPPRAISALS.com They helped me identify my Charcoal Drawings......For a small fee iit's worth it.Good Luck

 

I know of an artist named Enrico Orlando Martina who is in venice. I met him around 2014 and got a few pictures which were tragically lost but here are some similarhttps://michelleward.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c6e6653ef017ee6036e17970d-pi

signature isn't exactly the same though

 

Here's information about Martina. These do appear to be tourist art.

http://content.principia.edu/sites/greece2018/2018/11/03/a-hidden-treasure-in-venezia/

Debora

 

Great article!

 

Oh great to see this thread pulled up again! I'd missed the later examples.
Charlie, if no one has mentioned it: the charcoal technique was done with thick vine charcoal laid on its side and pulled. Someone was very good at this with steady hands. It's a quick and easy method of charcoal and can provide excellent chiaroscuro, which provides the strong light and dark of how the art is made.