😳Stunning!!!!!! With 2 colors Only..... Black and white👀..... Great, great GREAT Andrew.... Simply perfect.... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Yes, very very complicated.... But nothing is impossible for you.... Many congratulations. 👍👌Bravissimo!!!! 🙋♀️
Fantastisch Ihre Arbeit mit Kohle! Ich liebe besonders ihre Skizzen mit Kohle, Ölpastell und Aquarell und ihre so angenehm warme und ruhige Stimme dazu. Ich liebe es ihre Videos zu schauen, vielen, vielen Dank dafür. 🤗 Liebe Grüße aus Greifswald an der Ostsee in Deutschland.
Loved the video. Charcoal drawings I like very much to do also. Interesting details! Inspiring and a lot of tips for me! Thanks for sharing. Clare is busy with her exhibition. Like her videos as well! Greetings
Thank you Jan. Glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. I’m looking forward to painting out with Clare this month and we’ll have a good joint video from the trip 👍🏻
Your technique is inspirational to me. I love the idea of scratching through to the gesso underneath! I have begun to transition from graphite to charcoal, and your videos have given me so much insight. Cheers!
Wow, Andrew. You set yourself a challenge-definitely a marathon, not a sprint! But as you said, you got there in the end. I never thought about working on gessoed board with charcoal and then scratching back to the white with a blade. Will definitely keep that tip in mind, but I would have to choose much simpler subject matter. :) Thanks for the video! ~Rhonda
Hi Andrew. Just discovered this one. Fascinating process with a brilliant result. I do like your charcoal artworks. I enjoyed your recent video and artwork of Mexico Towans. Lovely sense of perspective. Cheers 😊.
Like the fact you charcoal so many subjects! Can these sketches be used on cards? ( Cards gifted to friends?) I find charcoal nice to work with, also the results it gives but, as a beginner am not sure how to present it. I have a gessoed canvas, so may try this. Thanks.
That was brilliant - where did you learn all these fabulous techniques? Or are they your very own - bet you won't see this, since this demo is a year old, but I hope you do. I know one thing, I need a Tombow eraser, as opposed to the cheap and nasty thing I've got - called a Tihoo ... well, it's not that nasty, it's just hard to use it with arthritic wrists; anyway - it was a second best option, and I should have chosen the best. Could you have achieved the same results with carbon pencils? I wonder if you could, because the smallest spot of grease, or sweat, or the mark of another grade, and they don't like working at all: but I have used them with ink, and water.... That was fun.
Hi Robert. Thank you my friend for your kind words. I enjoyed this drawing and the video was difficult to edit so I appreciate your comments. The Tombow eraser is great. Another option for you could be a mechanical eraser? The end spins round so you only have to place it in the right spot for a sharp erased mark 👍🏻
Amazing to see your process. How long do you think it took? It’s amazing the detail you’ve managed to capture. I too love the texture of the board coming through. Thanks Andrew
Your draughtsmanship and skill is incredible, awesome drawing. I found myself blowing the charcoal off😊. Do you fix it as you go along or leave it until finished and what fixative do you use?
Thank you very much Anita. I usually fix it at the very end so it stays workable and I can change things. The charcoal marks do tend to disappear though and need redrawing. I use any brand of fixative that I happen to have 😃
Beautiful work as always, Andrew. When you say you prepped the board by using "traditional gesso" what exactly does that mean? I love charcoal but have only ever worked on paper with it and would like to try this kind of support. Thanks
Thank you John. I used a traditional gesso made with rabbit skin glue and chalk. I applied it to the plywood in several layers. This meant I could scratch through to reveal white areas. The only downside is it needs to be carefully fixed and then varnished with a cold wax medium. I have gone back to paper for my most recent drawings but the framing is very expensive with glass. Hope this helps All the best Andrew
Thanks Tony Yes I do fix them, then I seal with cold wax medium which acts like a varnish and protects it. This also gives a satin finish which I quite like. It means I can frame without glass which is good because that is now very expensive! 😃
A Masterpiece!❤
Thanks Jennifer
Wonderful drawing in charcoal using such a variety of tools. Love the result, such amazing details.
Thank you very much
This was definitely a wow! Great job!
Thank you Judith. It was hard work
This is a wonderful insight into the material you use, and the techniques.you apply. Thanks very much for sharing 👍👍👍
You are very welcome Cliff - thanks for watching
😳Stunning!!!!!! With 2 colors Only..... Black and white👀..... Great, great GREAT Andrew.... Simply perfect.... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Yes, very very complicated.... But nothing is impossible for you.... Many congratulations. 👍👌Bravissimo!!!! 🙋♀️
Grazie Veronica
It was difficult but I will try drawing anything 😃
Have a great week
@@AndrewBarrowmanArt you too, Andrew, have a wonderful week😊🙋♀️
@@veronicabelly9497 thank you
Brilliant work Andrew
Thank you Keith. It was a difficult drawing
Fantastisch Ihre Arbeit mit Kohle! Ich liebe besonders ihre Skizzen mit Kohle, Ölpastell und Aquarell und ihre so angenehm warme und ruhige Stimme dazu. Ich liebe es ihre Videos zu schauen, vielen, vielen Dank dafür. 🤗 Liebe Grüße aus Greifswald an der Ostsee in Deutschland.
Thank you so much. I'm really pleased you enjoyed the videos 😀
Great work!
Thank you Bob
Loved the video. Charcoal drawings I like very much to do also. Interesting details! Inspiring and a lot of tips for me! Thanks for sharing. Clare is busy with her exhibition. Like her videos as well! Greetings
Thank you Jan. Glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. I’m looking forward to painting out with Clare this month and we’ll have a good joint video from the trip 👍🏻
Love this one, very detailed. Thanks
You're very welcome Patricia - thank you for watching and taking the time to comment
I have learned so much watching your process. Well done, much appreciated.
Thanks for watching - so glad you found it useful
Superb. Outstanding. Exquisite. I could go on 😂
Thank you very much Alan
Awesome piece love it
Thank you Jane
Your technique is inspirational to me. I love the idea of scratching through to the gesso underneath! I have begun to transition from graphite to charcoal, and your videos have given me so much insight. Cheers!
You are so welcome 🤗
Wow, Andrew. You set yourself a challenge-definitely a marathon, not a sprint! But as you said, you got there in the end. I never thought about working on gessoed board with charcoal and then scratching back to the white with a blade. Will definitely keep that tip in mind, but I would have to choose much simpler subject matter. :) Thanks for the video! ~Rhonda
Thank you very much Rhonda. It certainly was a tricky one
Hi Andrew. Just discovered this one. Fascinating process with a brilliant result. I do like your charcoal artworks. I enjoyed your recent video and artwork of Mexico Towans. Lovely sense of perspective. Cheers 😊.
Thank you very much indeed
Really lovely. Even at day 1. The detail is 👌🏼
Thank you very much Amy
Andrew, you did a beautiful charcoal drawing, I love it!
Thank you so much Tom
Nice job..
Thank you John
Beautiful charcoal, Andrew! Really amazing. I think it remarkable that you can do all that detail; I would have made a smudgy mess of it!
Thank you Lisa
It is very difficult preventing a smudgy mess. I suppose charcoal is like a controlled smudge 😃
Like the fact you charcoal so many subjects! Can these sketches be used on cards? ( Cards gifted to friends?) I find charcoal nice to work with, also the results it gives but, as a beginner am not sure how to present it. I have a gessoed canvas, so may try this. Thanks.
Thank you so much - I do need to make prints of the charcoal work
That was brilliant - where did you learn all these fabulous techniques? Or are they your very own - bet you won't see this, since this demo is a year old, but I hope you do. I know one thing, I need a Tombow eraser, as opposed to the cheap and nasty thing I've got - called a Tihoo ... well, it's not that nasty, it's just hard to use it with arthritic wrists; anyway - it was a second best option, and I should have chosen the best. Could you have achieved the same results with carbon pencils? I wonder if you could, because the smallest spot of grease, or sweat, or the mark of another grade, and they don't like working at all: but I have used them with ink, and water.... That was fun.
Hi Robert.
Thank you my friend for your kind words. I enjoyed this drawing and the video was difficult to edit so I appreciate your comments.
The Tombow eraser is great. Another option for you could be a mechanical eraser? The end spins round so you only have to place it in the right spot for a sharp erased mark 👍🏻
Amazing to see your process. How long do you think it took? It’s amazing the detail you’ve managed to capture. I too love the texture of the board coming through. Thanks Andrew
Thank you Jennie. It probably took 10 hours or so. It felt like more 😄
Your draughtsmanship and skill is incredible, awesome drawing. I found myself blowing the charcoal off😊. Do you fix it as you go along or leave it until finished and what fixative do you use?
Thank you very much Anita.
I usually fix it at the very end so it stays workable and I can change things. The charcoal marks do tend to disappear though and need redrawing. I use any brand of fixative that I happen to have 😃
Beautiful work as always, Andrew. When you say you prepped the board by using "traditional gesso" what exactly does that mean? I love charcoal but have only ever worked on paper with it and would like to try this kind of support. Thanks
Thank you John.
I used a traditional gesso made with rabbit skin glue and chalk. I applied it to the plywood in several layers. This meant I could scratch through to reveal white areas. The only downside is it needs to be carefully fixed and then varnished with a cold wax medium. I have gone back to paper for my most recent drawings but the framing is very expensive with glass.
Hope this helps
All the best
Andrew
@@AndrewBarrowmanArtThanks! Do you think modern "pseudo" acrylic gesso would not work so well?
@@jwfleck64 It would be worth a try. There wouldn't be the same 'tooth' (texture) that the chalk gives though
Lovely one Andrew - if you wanted to exhibit it, would you be able to fix it and frame it ? - I am just curious
Thanks Tony
Yes I do fix them, then I seal with cold wax medium which acts like a varnish and protects it. This also gives a satin finish which I quite like. It means I can frame without glass which is good because that is now very expensive! 😃
@@AndrewBarrowmanArt Thank you very much Andrew - all I wanted to know -great work !
You’re welcome Tony 👍🏻