Ida Kotyuk, Portrait Painter 

You have entered a web site that continues a 2,000 year tradition.

It is your capacity to love that makes you the best part of what I do. -- Ida Kotyuk

Each single 18"x23" handcrafted charcoal portrait head study starts at $250. 

To request a custom portrait, write or e-mail to:

Ida Kotyuk, Portrait Painter
P.O. Box 6627
Villa Park, Illinois     60181
Ida@Portraits-Oils.com   

In this age of digital cameras, electronics, and instant messaging, to continue to draw in charcoal -- a 10,000 year-old medium, how much more radical could an artist be!--Ida Kotyuk

I have no affiliation with the links below regarding the manufacture of charcoal and paper, but the process is interesting .

Charcoal production has remained largely unchanged for 6000 years  

How charcoal is made from burnt wood 

Art Papers available to us today, process of paper making in Texas (going back to the civil war), and how to conserve works on paper with information from Stanford University, the Collectors Guide, and how to select a conservator.