I bought my nephew a faber castelle charcoal kit and he hasn’t used it because he doesn’t understand charcoal. He is so incredibly talented at only 14 and I want him to live up to his full potential and try every medium out there. Even if I go bankrupt in the process. Lol
That’s really great of you. Faber Castell is a great brand. I used graphite until I graduated high school because that is what I got compliments on-it was my safe zone. 10 years later colored pencils/pastels are my favorite. Your nephew will grow and will later be thankful he already has the supplies when he’s ready to try something new 👍❤️
I literally just purchased some charcoal pencils and haven't used them because I didn't know how to. Perfect ( but weird ) timing. Love your vids as always!
Do you ever use charcoal as a subtractive medium rather than additive? I've had a lot of fun with creating dark backgrounds and using mostly erasers to create drawings. This was a great video, definitely makes me want to play more with this medium.
A diamond is nothing more then a piece of charcoal that handled pressure extremely well. Every charcoal drawing therefore has, from a materialistic perspective, the innate ability to become a diamond. That's probably why charcoal is one of my all time favorite mediums. One of the best mediums to start with for beginners as well. As a beginner you have to understand that art has to be one of a kind. It should be precious, extremely rare and unique... It should be like a diamond. Great video Kirsty
Well should not be precious because diamond is pure carbon And purest allotrope but charcoal have lumps of impurities and flaws in structure of carbon so it is not that precious and beautifully
Been away from doing charcoal drawings for such a long time (40 yrs). Looking forward to getting back into it since I’m now retired and more time on my hands. Thank you for your videos to help me to get my talent back to where It was so long ago.
I love charcoal. You are very skilled. I like willow charcoal for the first layer, because it is so easy to lift. For definite dark shadows you can go in with soft compressed carcoal, that is more difficult to erase.
When I started watching this vid I thought "ok just a person good at drawing birds" Then I see your other drawings and pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming 😂
I love drawing a one day decided to draw a dog then I thought it would be better in charcoal so I dug out my old needed rubber, graphitone and charcoal set now I know how to use them thanks so much!
ok i have a question, my sketches starts smudging and my sketchbook tends to look more untidy....how can I solve this issue and preserve my sketches for a bit longer
hi! i know this is way out of time already but i suggest if u use black charcoal pencils on ur drawings, u might want to use a white gel pens (or just regular white pen) instead bcos with my experience using white charcoal on black charcoal isn"t gonna give u the best result, black charcoal gives my white charcoal a trace of black which sucks, so yeah i suggest don't use white charcoal on black charcoal :DD hope this helps (somehow) :DD
Hi! i just wanted to say that i absolutely love you channel and the content you make! I'm taking Fine Arts course on college and as a freshman, i was so excited to learn and improve my art, but one of the professors wasn't really telling us what to do to improve our drawings, he's an amazing artist, i won't deny that. But for people like us having troubles with our drawing, we were struggling to improve. But videos like yours here on TH-cam truly helped me cope up with our subject. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!
Kristy, you are a truly inspirational and talented artist, I know that this comes from hard work and I appreciate how generous you are with your time and expertise! Thank you for sharing another quality video I wish you many subscribers and hope your Patreon continues to do well!
This is a cool tutorial . My Abuelita just found this old charcoal set of like 4 charcoal blocks basically unopened and I’m watching tutorials for tips.
A beautiful drawing kirsty, I do love your charcoal/graphite art work, I think that's my favourite medium that you use. They always look like photos. 👍😘😘😘
that's totally awesome content introducing the basics for beginners, i think that first of all the necessary equipments of charcoal should be well-prepared
This looks absolutely incredible. I'm interested to try to learn this skill myself, but I don't know how much I actually need to start. Like bare bones, would I be able to develop with just charcoal and paper, or are there other essentials?
Hello so I have these charcoal pencils that are only labeled as soft, medium, and hard. I really dont know whats the difference between the three. Can you give me some tips about it.
Not quite the same, but you can definitely use it! It might be a bit more messy than pencils but if you head over to Jazza's channel, he actually has a video about using charcoal pencils versus charcoal out of a fire pit
Hey Kristy! Loved this video, really helpful! I just have one question... do you use any finish/spray for these type of drawings that smudge very easily? If selling artwork like that it would be really useful to prevent smudging. I had problems even with normal graphite drawings, because some people just don't seem to understand it when I say that they can't touch the drawing if they don't want it to smudge xD
You do really gorgeous work. I've been working in mechanical pencil for my whole life, and I thought it might be time to grow up lol. Thank you for the help!
Thank you so much for this video! I bought a set of Charcoal drawing set, and I have no idea how to use it. But now, with this video, I try those method to draw something beautiful! Many thanks 🥰🥰🥰
I have to ask Kristy P.: you seriously use Arches paper for charcoal with Lyra charcoal pencils? Arches is some really good paper but, why not use quality charcoal pencils? Lyra is okay, I have nothing bad to say about them... I like their oil color pencils (with use only with Polychromos & Derwent Lightfast). That said: Cretacolor, Conte a Paris, & W&N. Even Nitram & General's Primo, I would consider Archer Paper worthy before Lyra (at least in the beginning as General's is the only company that makes a 2H Charcoal Pencil, that comoes in real handy, time to time) . Staedtler Mars Black or Wolff's for Carbon Pencils. Lastly, Cretacolor & Conte a Paris, for "drawing pencils," (drawing pencils, as in your sanguine, sepia, chalk white, ect.). Again, I'm not knocking Lyra. I think they make solid art products (certainly better than Prismacolor these last several years). What I am saying is this: Lyra charcoal is not in the same league as Arches paper. If you're going to use a cheaper charcoal, why not General's, which is on the same quality level as Lyra but, cheaper! You wouldn't use kids watercolors with an Arches Watercolor Block, right? Same premise with Charcoal, no? Just my 2 cents. Perhaps I am missing something. In the end, use what you prefer - Lyra or otherwise would be the advice I would tell anyone. To me it just seems a little off, on a quality vs. $$$, spent.
I have to ask Kristy P.: you seriously use Arches paper for charcoal with Lyra charcoal pencils? Arches is some really good paper but, why not use quality charcoal pencils? Lyra is okay, I have nothing bad to say about them... I like their oil color pencils (with use only with Polychromos & Derwent Lightfast). That said: Cretacolor, Conte a Paris, & W&N. Even Nitram & General's Primo, I would consider Archer Paper worthy before Lyra (at least in the beginning as General's is the only company that makes a 2H Charcoal Pencil, that comoes in real handy, time to time) . Staedtler Mars Black or Wolff's for Carbon Pencils. Lastly, Cretacolor & Conte a Paris, for "drawing pencils," (drawing pencils, as in your sanguine, sepia, chalk white, ect.). Again, I'm not knocking Lyra. I think they make solid art products (certainly better than Prismacolor these last several years). What I am saying is this: Lyra charcoal is not in the same league as Arches paper. If you're going to use a cheaper charcoal, why not General's, which is on the same quality level as Lyra but, cheaper! You wouldn't use kids watercolors with an Arches Watercolor Block, right? Same premise with Charcoal, no? Just my 2 cents. Perhaps I am missing something. In the end, use what you prefer - Lyra or otherwise would be the advice I would tell anyone. To me it just seems a little off, on a quality vs. $$$, spent.
Can charcole be used on fine watercolour paper 300 gsm? I love the watercolour blocks of baohong. I also paint whit acrylic paint and i use soft pastels too.i love you,re video good explanation 👍🏾🖐🏾😁
Do u know i use charcoal a lot in my drawings because of this at 0:22 i actually tried to blow wind through my mouth to take those pieces of eraser off the paper at 0:22 and then i laughed on myself...lol
Thank you so much for the video! My art teacher gave me her charcoal stick and I'm super interested in charcoal drawing, this video helps me so much to know the basics
I've seen hairspray used to help preserve the drawing but you need to spay it from a distance don't spray it too close to the drawing you basically want to mist it a few times from a few feet away.
You taught me nothing What you did was talk about your website I’m not trying to hate it’s just I wanted to learn something but all I learned was nothing
Me: i will sleep early tonight.
Me at 3am: how to do charcoal painting.
*me at 5am
3.07
Same lol
5:39 AM for me
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
I bought my nephew a faber castelle charcoal kit and he hasn’t used it because he doesn’t understand charcoal. He is so incredibly talented at only 14 and I want him to live up to his full potential and try every medium out there. Even if I go bankrupt in the process. Lol
I wish my aunt was this kind, lol!
Do it with him if you can!
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
@BMO I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
That’s really great of you. Faber Castell is a great brand. I used graphite until I graduated high school because that is what I got compliments on-it was my safe zone. 10 years later colored pencils/pastels are my favorite. Your nephew will grow and will later be thankful he already has the supplies when he’s ready to try something new 👍❤️
I literally just purchased some charcoal pencils and haven't used them because I didn't know how to. Perfect ( but weird ) timing. Love your vids as always!
The wired timing though😂 Yeah I wanna get into charcoal
Same here
Same thing over here
sameee
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You wasted these charcoals, you could use them in Minecraft to make torches
😂
Your explanation kept me in the flow. You literally saved me hours of trying to figure out how to do charcoal.
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When you were erasing to put in the highlight and the charcoal was beading up, I almost blew on my screen to get the eraser gunk away 😂😂😂
Me too😂😂😅😅
@@nicole._.sunshine me to also 🤟🧿
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Same
Lol, I have done that to.
Drawing with charcoal??
There are 3 things we should have :
1. Blending material
2.erasing material
3. Wipes (for the drawing and our hands ☺)
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Thanks so much. I have been struggling with my charcoal drawings for a while.
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
LOL SAME
I like this tutorial very much
Do you ever use charcoal as a subtractive medium rather than additive? I've had a lot of fun with creating dark backgrounds and using mostly erasers to create drawings. This was a great video, definitely makes me want to play more with this medium.
A diamond is nothing more then a piece of charcoal that handled pressure extremely well. Every charcoal drawing therefore has, from a materialistic perspective, the innate ability to become a diamond. That's probably why charcoal is one of my all time favorite mediums. One of the best mediums to start with for beginners as well. As a beginner you have to understand that art has to be one of a kind. It should be precious, extremely rare and unique... It should be like a diamond.
Great video Kirsty
long stretch but i get the message
@@1ndictus445 Haha, I know... They say I think too much. :)
Well should not be precious because diamond is pure carbon
And purest allotrope but charcoal have lumps of impurities and flaws in structure of carbon so it is not that precious and beautifully
I have never seen an artist who has mastered so many mediums!!
Been away from doing charcoal drawings for such a long time (40 yrs). Looking forward to getting back into it since I’m now retired and more time on my hands. Thank you for your videos to help me to get my talent back to where It was so long ago.
So did you start up yet??
How are you doing now?
I hope you feel fulfilled!
I’ve been drawing with charcoal for years and never knew about that cool eraser pen! My world just changed, charcoal drawing wise.
Amazing work! 💕
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
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I love charcoal. You are very skilled. I like willow charcoal for the first layer, because it is so easy to lift. For definite dark shadows you can go in with soft compressed carcoal, that is more difficult to erase.
me who was alr halfway into my charcoal drawing when I saw this vid. "Stay away from using smooth papers." My paper is smooth. ..."well, shit."
When I started watching this vid I thought "ok just a person good at drawing birds"
Then I see your other drawings and pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming 😂
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
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Surprised you didn’t charge by the word for this video
What do you mean?
Is she talking too much?
I love drawing a one day decided to draw a dog then I thought it would be better in charcoal so I dug out my old needed rubber, graphitone and charcoal set now I know how to use them thanks so much!
th-cam.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/w-d-xo.html charcoal drawing
ok i have a question, my sketches starts smudging and my sketchbook tends to look more untidy....how can I solve this issue and preserve my sketches for a bit longer
Do white charcoal pencils good for creating highlights and details?
hi! i know this is way out of time already but i suggest if u use black charcoal pencils on ur drawings, u might want to use a white gel pens (or just regular white pen) instead bcos with my experience using white charcoal on black charcoal isn"t gonna give u the best result, black charcoal gives my white charcoal a trace of black which sucks, so yeah i suggest don't use white charcoal on black charcoal :DD hope this helps (somehow) :DD
@@dei7672 I see, than you!
Me be like bought alot of smooth paper.....
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how is she so.good at so many mediums 😭
5:57 If you go on playback speed pick 1.5 if you're on a time crunch and want to see the drawing in charcoal process
Hi! i just wanted to say that i absolutely love you channel and the content you make! I'm taking Fine Arts course on college and as a freshman, i was so excited to learn and improve my art, but one of the professors wasn't really telling us what to do to improve our drawings, he's an amazing artist, i won't deny that. But for people like us having troubles with our drawing, we were struggling to improve. But videos like yours here on TH-cam truly helped me cope up with our subject. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!
Excellent! To the point no nonsense, shows all the materials, what to do, very informative.💐
This was so helpful! I tried charcoal before but I never came out good.. Now I feel confident to try again!
Kristy, you are a truly inspirational and talented artist, I know that this comes from hard work and I appreciate how generous you are with your time and expertise! Thank you for sharing another quality video I wish you many subscribers and hope your Patreon continues to do well!
This is a cool tutorial . My Abuelita just found this old charcoal set of like 4 charcoal blocks basically unopened and I’m watching tutorials for tips.
th-cam.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/w-d-xo.html charcoal drawing
Some dislikes here, probably by mistake. But is ther any way to paint in oils or acrylics over sketching and shadows?
Love your videos! You continue to create quality tutorials that are legitimately easy to follow but that greatly help improve my technique. Amazing.
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Hey please make a video on " How to erase charcoal completely" and
Please tell me
What is the difference in Art Gum Eraser vs 4b Soft Eraser
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Omg, thank you! This tutorial was super thorough and easy to understand!
You are amazing! Love your work! Thank you for sharing your techniques...appreciated!
10/10 made first drawing with this technic and it was amazing ofcourse it wasn’t perfect as the reference 😅 but I will continue to practice
On behalf of my TH-cam channel; thank you for giving me an art idea. 👍🏾
Hello
charcoal is probably my favourite medium for drawing. its so forgiving and creates the best b/w contrast
It's really very helpful and easy to learn how to draw
Thanks for sharing
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I have never seen anything like this!,It's so perfect it looks impossible to achieve by someone else other than you.
This is so helpful. Thank you for making this!
Б.Ф.Ф. под рукой - всег да , Бумагу : преложить и держать ... Что бы - рабботу НЕ РАЗМАЗАТЬььь... художник - Башмаков Ф.Ф.
Is there a way to seal the finished project if not framing it? Any recommendations?
Those plastic sheets are pretty handy, keeps the charcoal from smudging
Fixative spray
Hairspray 🙂
A beautiful drawing kirsty, I do love your charcoal/graphite art work, I think that's my favourite medium that you use. They always look like photos. 👍😘😘😘
What fixative sealant do you use for your charcoal drawings
Love your tutorial and subscribe to your channel straight away after watching this video. So much to learn from your channel😍🤗
Interesting... Thank u for guidance
th-cam.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/w-d-xo.html charcoal drawing
that's totally awesome content introducing the basics for beginners, i think that first of all the necessary equipments of charcoal should be well-prepared
the key materials
This looks absolutely incredible. I'm interested to try to learn this skill myself, but I don't know how much I actually need to start. Like bare bones, would I be able to develop with just charcoal and paper, or are there other essentials?
i smoke one blender the paper its very good for cigaretes
@Tahiyat Ahmed no bro i took the paper from blenders and put tobbaco inside and then smoke
this video was very helpful. i wanted something to do today and i said to myself "why not practice my charcoal!" and i did and your video was awesome.
Hello so I have these charcoal pencils that are only labeled as soft, medium, and hard. I really dont know whats the difference between the three. Can you give me some tips about it.
K so 'soft' means it's easier to blend the charcoal and 'hard' means it's harder to blend. Medium is a mix of how easy or hard it is to blend.
Its nice 👍🏻 I subscribe
Uh... I just pulled some charcoal out of the fireplace and wanna draw with it. Will it still work the same?
Not quite the same, but you can definitely use it! It might be a bit more messy than pencils but if you head over to Jazza's channel, he actually has a video about using charcoal pencils versus charcoal out of a fire pit
@@KetziaArcherion Okay, thank you! ^^
Hey Kristy! Loved this video, really helpful! I just have one question... do you use any finish/spray for these type of drawings that smudge very easily? If selling artwork like that it would be really useful to prevent smudging. I had problems even with normal graphite drawings, because some people just don't seem to understand it when I say that they can't touch the drawing if they don't want it to smudge xD
I lightly spray my drawing with plain old hairspray ....works a treat
Me sitting there with copy paper listening to her say britol paper is not a good choice
What is your favorite charcoal pencil set? And do you recommend using a fixative to seal the drawing?
I just ordered charcoal pencils!!
Coincidence?
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You do really gorgeous work. I've been working in mechanical pencil for my whole life, and I thought it might be time to grow up lol. Thank you for the help!
i love how you pronounce H as heytch
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It is useful for black scenery drawing and Sketch plz reply me anyone
Thank you.. I also use charcoal pencil..
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i love how she pronounces H
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Where can I buy those kind of charcoal pencil a set like one you have?thanks
I love flowers so maybe a video with the techniques used in this video doing more flowers?
Very helpful for Beginners like me😂 thanksss to this❤
I use eyeshadow applicator sponge for blending and it's really good ☺
can i use charcoal and graphite together? like using graphite for lighter values and charcoal for darker values?
Im watching this bc I got my May Scrawlrbox, and it has charcoal in it
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Thank you so much for this video! I bought a set of Charcoal drawing set, and I have no idea how to use it. But now, with this video, I try those method to draw something beautiful! Many thanks 🥰🥰🥰
I’ve been struggling for sharpening my charcoal pencils huhu
Thank you. Very informative, very useful!
Excellent tutorial, Kirsty. Could you please also make one on Derwent's 24 tinted charcoal pencils? Thanks in advance for your help.
Can I use a fixative fine art spray to help seal my art to prevent it from smudging??
What’s that bruh
@@aryanpathak4234 a spray that can be put on your artwork to help seal and prevent smudging when your done
I have to ask Kristy P.: you seriously use Arches paper for charcoal with Lyra charcoal pencils? Arches is some really good paper but, why not use quality charcoal pencils? Lyra is okay, I have nothing bad to say about them... I like their oil color pencils (with use only with Polychromos & Derwent Lightfast). That said: Cretacolor, Conte a Paris, & W&N. Even Nitram & General's Primo, I would consider Archer Paper worthy before Lyra (at least in the beginning as General's is the only company that makes a 2H Charcoal Pencil, that comoes in real handy, time to time) . Staedtler Mars Black or Wolff's for Carbon Pencils. Lastly, Cretacolor & Conte a Paris, for "drawing pencils," (drawing pencils, as in your sanguine, sepia, chalk white, ect.).
Again, I'm not knocking Lyra. I think they make solid art products (certainly better than Prismacolor these last several years). What I am saying is this: Lyra charcoal is not in the same league as Arches paper. If you're going to use a cheaper charcoal, why not General's, which is on the same quality level as Lyra but, cheaper! You wouldn't use kids watercolors with an Arches Watercolor Block, right? Same premise with Charcoal, no?
Just my 2 cents. Perhaps I am missing something. In the end, use what you prefer - Lyra or otherwise would be the advice I would tell anyone. To me it just seems a little off, on a quality vs. $$$, spent.
I have to ask Kristy P.: you seriously use Arches paper for charcoal with Lyra charcoal pencils? Arches is some really good paper but, why not use quality charcoal pencils? Lyra is okay, I have nothing bad to say about them... I like their oil color pencils (with use only with Polychromos & Derwent Lightfast). That said: Cretacolor, Conte a Paris, & W&N. Even Nitram & General's Primo, I would consider Archer Paper worthy before Lyra (at least in the beginning as General's is the only company that makes a 2H Charcoal Pencil, that comoes in real handy, time to time) . Staedtler Mars Black or Wolff's for Carbon Pencils. Lastly, Cretacolor & Conte a Paris, for "drawing pencils," (drawing pencils, as in your sanguine, sepia, chalk white, ect.).
Again, I'm not knocking Lyra. I think they make solid art products (certainly better than Prismacolor these last several years). What I am saying is this: Lyra charcoal is not in the same league as Arches paper. If you're going to use a cheaper charcoal, why not General's, which is on the same quality level as Lyra but, cheaper! You wouldn't use kids watercolors with an Arches Watercolor Block, right? Same premise with Charcoal, no?
Just my 2 cents. Perhaps I am missing something. In the end, use what you prefer - Lyra or otherwise would be the advice I would tell anyone. To me it just seems a little off, on a quality vs. $$$, spent.
This video was informative, please could you provide more indepth videos using charcoal pencils thank you
What a brilliant drawing!
Can charcole be used on fine watercolour paper 300 gsm? I love the watercolour blocks of baohong. I also paint whit acrylic paint and i use soft pastels too.i love you,re video good explanation 👍🏾🖐🏾😁
Jazza: makes a charcoal video
*soon after*
*Another while charcoal video has appeared!!*
COINCIDENCE?!
probably
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For highlights
Use two different erasers
- Stick eraser.
- Wide eraser.
I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.
Wow beautiful painting and ideas
Amazing video dear
Do u know i use charcoal a lot in my drawings because of this at 0:22 i actually tried to blow wind through my mouth to take those pieces of eraser off the paper at 0:22 and then i laughed on myself...lol
Another great video Kirsty, I love charcoal but do you clean your mono eraser when using it on charcoal.
Vrllium paper is not forgiving.i holds the charcoal down erasers won't pick up won't bring back to white
I just started watching you videos today. Im now your biggest fan. You are a great teacher
Thank you for great content as always.😊🔥❤️
I assume I have to spray a coating on top of my drawings so they don’t smudge. Can anyone recommend what product to use? Much love to all!
I have charcoal pencils named soft, medium and hard. Is it a different name for H and 2B pencils or is it a whole different thing???
Tnx I'm going to train as drawing a bowl whit fruits tsm you did a great tutorial
Wow👍 really amazing work of bird
These are really helpful hints, Kirsty. Thanks for sharing!
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How do you use the charcoal?
Great Tutorial! So sorry that I had missed it last year.
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Thank you so much for the video! My art teacher gave me her charcoal stick and I'm super interested in charcoal drawing, this video helps me so much to know the basics
Can we use spray in the end?
I've seen hairspray used to help preserve the drawing but you need to spay it from a distance don't spray it too close to the drawing you basically want to mist it a few times from a few feet away.
The only thing i don’t like about charcoal is the smudging. I hate fixative.
VERY useful! many thanks;
Great tutorial for beginners like me to develop charcoal drawing skills. Thanks a lot . God bless you .
I really wanted to learn how to use a charcoal pencil! It's a dream for me to sketch a realistic person!
You taught me nothing What you did was talk about your website I’m not trying to hate it’s just I wanted to learn something but all I learned was nothing