I find its a lot easier to use a blending stump instead of your finger. It blends much smoother. Also, if you put a scrap piece of paper to rest you hand on over the drawing, you don't get smear marks on the drawing. You can also use different sized blending stumps, and use residual charcoal as a drawing tool.
What the stomps do basically is they move the graphite/charcoal around and also push it into the fiber of the paper. That way, if you want to erase something, especially when using charcoal where you use a kneaded eraser a lot, for highlights and such, you can't get as much charcoal to be removed as you could if you simply used your finger. Stomps are just a pain, to be honest.
I've been taking a drawing class and I have been kind of bummed that I don't have the patience for the intracacy of drawing. I love maniuplating drawings using thr principles of light and shade so maybr I should give charcoal a shot.
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for putting this up. Trying to learn new things at 27 that I told myself for years I couldn't do. Drawing has always been one of them.
I noticed you said you put down a paper, and although that works quite well, I've found that using an old smooth glove that doesn't contact the paper too much works well (so not like a snow glove, like wool or whatever) if you cut out the thumb, fore and middle fingers on the glove. That way your pinkie and Ring, the two most common to touch the paper, as well as the side of your hand, is usually smudgefree. Drawings that I'm sure would have smeared everywhere are basically pure and it makes you look more professional too haha.
Thank you very much for posting this Awesome and educational video. To think that you were able to bring out the beautifully detailed images of the human eye with a few well placed strokes of a pencil! There are a number of people like yourself that are truly gifted and must pursue this talent. Than you have those who have nothing better to do than leave their boorish and uneducated comments. Those that have the mental capacity of a crayon!! Thanx again, have a Blessed Day!! SuperSniperSal USMC Disabled Vet
Do NOT blow charcoal dust off your paper! Any moisture that might accompany your breath that lands on that paper will create a black spot in your drawing. Instead, tap the paper from behind and the dust will fall off.
Vine charcoal is for establishing base tones for your piece. it's much easier to work on a grey/black background than a stark white page. Also, it's blowing away when your paper is too smooth. Graphite works best with a medium textured paper that has a nice bite to it.
Completely new to drawing.. Got some charcoal pencils, they scared me 😂😂😂 after watching this and the way in which you narrate and illustrate your work I'm game to give this a go now.... Progression from stick men underway 😂😂😂🙈🙈
Zeeshan Hassan you use crayons the only people that use crayons are kindergarteners and adults that don't care. Dude use color pencils you can do a pretty decent picture with them
Crayons are relatively good quality Its just that there cheap so schools buy them they've been downgraded to shitty sticks of wax with colorful paper on them
Claire The Artist For Life Actually...Crayons can be a pretty good medium for drawing. My friend made a realistic portrait drawing using crayons and it was one of her best works,probably her best work.
I followed along with it cause like my dad just got me a set of charcoal pencils and tbh it looks rlly good for being my first thing drawn with this medium
The thing about the eye though is that it isnt a "round ball". If you look at it from the side you know what I mean. It protrudes at the iris, which is why the eyelid is curved. The eyelid curves around the protrusion of the eye. Hope that makes sense
I use various paint brushes. Usually stiffer short bristles, but depending on if im doing presice work or loose light work i have certsin ones. Just fine whats comfortable
Focus, and let the LORD guide your hands, You will do just fine! It is not a question of luck, but of faith. Take care and enjoy!! SuperSniperSal USMC Disabled Vet
+Rhonda Hoeft: Best of luck to you! I started drawing in high school with mechanical pencils and lined paper, now I work with Prismacolor and Derwent graphite and charcoal as well as different drawing papers, sketch papers and newsprint. Starting out, I wouldn't worry about the "proper" way to draw, just take what you have and start having fun with it. It's a lot of fun, but it's full of failures. For every hyper-realistic, gallery-quality piece I make; I fill up at least half a dozen pages of (I.M.O.) garbage doodles. Embrace the "failures" and learn from them, force yourself to really examine them and try to ignore what you hate about them and force yourself to find what you like about it. My only other piece of advice to you would be is to draw something every day. As a Millennial I find it's easiest to get in touch with my inner child and even though I haven't been interested in it in over 10 years, I draw a Pokemon everyday. It's actually more fun than I thought it would be, and that's the key; make it fun! P.S. We would love to follow your progress, post a little 30 second (or whatever) video of your finished drawings/doodles (or a time-lapse of you drawing). You can talk about your drawing or just show it off. :-)
Charcoal is not really the best medium for photorealism if that is what you're after. You can check Zhaoming Wu's and Henry Yan's drawings to see the look one can achieve with charcoal.
im new bro and i dig the work, love it :D it needs something like soothing/majestic music and that the cherry on top, but i totally dig it dont change just do you bro :D
I've been drawing a portrait using graphite for the person and charcoal for the hair so I was wondering if you know of any type of pencil that doesn't have graphite's shine and isn't as loose as charcoal? It's because I'm trying to draw something realistic and the graphite might be getting in the way.
Using Derwent light too. It's real that everytime I sharpen it , it will break. So I find a normal sharp sharpener and it never break at all anymore. Thanks for tge detail tutorial
i think the eyelash thing is true. It might be because guys have testosterone which increases hair production but that's just my guess. I have somewhat long eyelashes but they're nothing compared to my 3 brothers.
I'm using Cretacolor Studio Line Charcoal pencils and I have 4 different types of pencils such as charcoal oil extra soft, charcoal soft, charcoal medium and charcoal hard. Which one should I use? or rather which one is best to use for drawing such as these?..
This person is way better than the first person I didn't finish that video I barely watched it because he sounded depressed and sad and he was very boring
EasyThingsToDraw101 I just got a twelve pack of Willow Charcoal from Daler Rowney and a Royal and Langnickel sketchbook to use the charcoal on. It says on the book to use dry media and I figure charcoal is dry media so it should work right?
I can't shade as you do. I'm using Derwent as well (tho "Medium" and "Dark", not "Light") on Canson paper and I find charcoal to be a bit scratchy and inconsistent. It's like it "tapers off", like a nib that's ran out off ink. I can shade a whole area eventually but it's a frustrating experience. Any suggestions?
I find its a lot easier to use a blending stump instead of your finger. It blends much smoother. Also, if you put a scrap piece of paper to rest you hand on over the drawing, you don't get smear marks on the drawing. You can also use different sized blending stumps, and use residual charcoal as a drawing tool.
to rest *your hand on
What the stomps do basically is they move the graphite/charcoal around and also push it into the fiber of the paper. That way, if you want to erase something, especially when using charcoal where you use a kneaded eraser a lot, for highlights and such, you can't get as much charcoal to be removed as you could if you simply used your finger. Stomps are just a pain, to be honest.
Mandy Sowell you can use paint brushes for blending to
Mandy Sowell too*
You can use charcoal pencils for blending
First few minutes;
Me: Meh. This can't be too hard to do
Last few minutes;
Me:..teach me in your ways
I know! I loved this video. It was my first time using charcoal and it looks so amazing!
The thing I don't like about kneaded erasers is that they have no firmness, if I mold a fine point it just wobbles
Coffeemancer you just dab the gummi eraser, if it wont work, it works for me
Cheap kneaded erasers are usually has a bit of stiffness
Coffeemancer buy some kind of $50 or $30 package of art supplies.
It’s a lot better then a regular eraser because your able to change the tip!
I used pencils and it was hard to work with. Charcoal just flies and it's so fast and easy to work with. The drawwings come out very natural.
HALA AHMED nice
I've been taking a drawing class and I have been kind of bummed that I don't have the patience for the intracacy of drawing. I love maniuplating drawings using thr principles of light and shade so maybr I should give charcoal a shot.
Hey I just wanted to say thanks for putting this up. Trying to learn new things at 27 that I told myself for years I couldn't do. Drawing has always been one of them.
Same at 42 but things are going well!
@@DjedduAmun 52 (soon), with a beat friend artist. I am finding it challenging, and not used to that feeling, but will persevere.
i found this very helpful. i have just bought my first set of charcoal pencils and was looking for a good tutorial.
thanks for your help!
This probably sounds weird, but you have beautiful hands.
Hazelbasil 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ikr. I'm not someone who's like... Into hands? But like his hands look so pretty
Hazelbasil Yoshikage Kira:*triggered
Thanks
Wtf
When I looked up easy things to draw, I expected a stick figure. not something I've seen in a gallery 😂
start with outlines of everyday objects like a pencil or simple bubble letters, Doing it with a pencil and shading. It takes a lot of practice!
You are right girl friend 👍👍👍
I tried this and it was awesome! I first started drawing carelessly as if it was very hard and I wouldn't make it well, but it turned out to be great!
*Sees the Intro*
*one second later... *
*SUBSCRIBES*
I got into charcoal recently and it is just awesome. I love charcoal.
Just started drawing I love all the instructions. Thank u
Haven’t drawn in years...... life been a little crazy so I brought a sketch book and charcoal pencils this is therapeutic for me always been
I noticed you said you put down a paper, and although that works quite well, I've found that using an old smooth glove that doesn't contact the paper too much works well (so not like a snow glove, like wool or whatever) if you cut out the thumb, fore and middle fingers on the glove. That way your pinkie and Ring, the two most common to touch the paper, as well as the side of your hand, is usually smudgefree. Drawings that I'm sure would have smeared everywhere are basically pure and it makes you look more professional too haha.
Thank you very much for posting this Awesome and educational video. To think that you were able to bring out the beautifully detailed images of the human eye with a few well placed strokes of a pencil! There are a number of people like yourself that are truly gifted and must pursue this talent. Than you have those who have nothing better to do than leave their boorish and uneducated comments. Those that have the mental capacity of a crayon!!
Thanx again, have a Blessed Day!!
SuperSniperSal
USMC
Disabled Vet
I appreciate it :D
SEMPER-FI!!
Very nice video. You mentioned a lot of the pointers I learned and pass on to my students.
Im 43 and just starting out and love drawing with charcoal, good job mate.
A ja w wieku 68 i też idzie mi dobrze❤
Thank you! Great tutorial and a pleasure to watch! The eye is brilliant along with the great tips.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am so so late to this video but, I just finished my drawing and it somewhat turned out like it!
thank you for the tutorial really helpful 💗
:)
Amazing.. I really love charcoal drawing.
Do NOT blow charcoal dust off your paper! Any moisture that might accompany your breath that lands on that paper will create a black spot in your drawing.
Instead, tap the paper from behind and the dust will fall off.
It’s just as therapeutic to watch you do charcoal as it for me. 🧘♀️
i feel the same way actually :D
EasyThingsToDraw101 do you teach private lessons?
totally in love with your videos. so helpful ❤
I just got the exact same pencils and I was looking how to use them thanks!
No problem 😊
Vine charcoal is for establishing base tones for your piece. it's much easier to work on a grey/black background than a stark white page. Also, it's blowing away when your paper is too smooth. Graphite works best with a medium textured paper that has a nice bite to it.
Completely new to drawing.. Got some charcoal pencils, they scared me 😂😂😂 after watching this and the way in which you narrate and illustrate your work I'm game to give this a go now.... Progression from stick men underway 😂😂😂🙈🙈
I love vine charcoal. it's my favorite type to work with.
Lines and shading are so good.
Yet a other underrated youtuber
i can draw this wait let me get my crayons
Zeeshan Hassan you use crayons the only people that use crayons are kindergarteners and adults that don't care. Dude use color pencils you can do a pretty decent picture with them
Claire Loves Paris take a joke
Crayons are relatively good quality
Its just that there cheap so schools buy them
they've been downgraded to shitty sticks of wax with colorful paper on them
Claire The Artist For Life
Actually...Crayons can be a pretty good medium for drawing. My friend made a realistic portrait drawing using crayons and it was one of her best works,probably her best work.
😂
love your shows
I followed along with it cause like my dad just got me a set of charcoal pencils and tbh it looks rlly good for being my first thing drawn with this medium
amazing
keep in mind that the quality of your materials is also a major factor.
Its just amazing.
The thing about the eye though is that it isnt a "round ball". If you look at it from the side you know what I mean. It protrudes at the iris, which is why the eyelid is curved. The eyelid curves around the protrusion of the eye. Hope that makes sense
Freebird Same here, I was also thinking there was something wrong with that eye. Thanks for clearing the waters!
No problem buddy
Thank you for this tutorial, great job
5:36 I usually just blow erasure dust but it happened to me one time that I spit on the paper I'm working on
luckily, i just started the drawing
Thx for the tutorial To help me draw better
:)
Your A Good Artist
Good work on the eye it looks Realistic
Thanks for the Tips they are really helpful
I love this video you are so talented at drawing ❤
I tried it out.. it came out quite well...
Use a q tip to shade people thumbs up to me if my idea works
Danielle Janson saving for later
Gah wish I thought of that
I use various paint brushes. Usually stiffer short bristles, but depending on if im doing presice work or loose light work i have certsin ones. Just fine whats comfortable
JANZ Ooo Great tip! I am going to try that!
I love it too much 😍
The eye looks delicious
Raymond Tong ...what? 🤣
OMG LOL
Thanks for making this tutorial!
awesome drawing
Charcoal comes so easy to you maybe it's the surface I work on what it the best material to draw on with charcoal.
awesome pencil draw..............
that's so good!! TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!!!
Am i the only one that loves this kind of video?? this was gorgeos.
Great tutorial! Would be cool to learn portrait scale and measurement
Thank you so much I learned a lot
awesome :D
Plot twist: the whole video was a hyper-realistic animation 😱
lol
Great drawing
I don't think it's too hard though... I'm gonna try this, wish me luck
Lisa Malik good luck
Focus, and let the LORD guide your hands, You will do just fine! It is not a question of luck, but of faith.
Take care and enjoy!!
SuperSniperSal
USMC
Disabled Vet
my eye looks like a fish!
😀😀😀😀
just beautiful.... gonna teach myself to draw lol wish me luck...
+Rhonda Hoeft: Best of luck to you! I started drawing in high school with mechanical pencils and lined paper, now I work with Prismacolor and Derwent graphite and charcoal as well as different drawing papers, sketch papers and newsprint. Starting out, I wouldn't worry about the "proper" way to draw, just take what you have and start having fun with it.
It's a lot of fun, but it's full of failures. For every hyper-realistic, gallery-quality piece I make; I fill up at least half a dozen pages of (I.M.O.) garbage doodles. Embrace the "failures" and learn from them, force yourself to really examine them and try to ignore what you hate about them and force yourself to find what you like about it.
My only other piece of advice to you would be is to draw something every day. As a Millennial I find it's easiest to get in touch with my inner child and even though I haven't been interested in it in over 10 years, I draw a Pokemon everyday. It's actually more fun than I thought it would be, and that's the key; make it fun!
P.S. We would love to follow your progress, post a little 30 second (or whatever) video of your finished drawings/doodles (or a time-lapse of you drawing). You can talk about your drawing or just show it off. :-)
hmm , i guess i won't like charcoal it's so messy compared to graphite, i would get annoyed fast.
Charcoal is not really the best medium for photorealism if that is what you're after. You can check Zhaoming Wu's and Henry Yan's drawings to see the look one can achieve with charcoal.
H3lianthus if you dont know how to use charcoal perfectly so you tot messed up
it is also a nightmare for left handers to use
@@vhallis I realized he was a righty while I tried copying it and I wanted to cry XD
I love your way to teach... You are really cool:)
thanks so much :D
Thanks for the thorough video. :) Mine turned out okay for my first try.
yay
im new bro and i dig the work, love it :D it needs something like soothing/majestic music and that the cherry on top, but i totally dig it dont change just do you bro :D
I've been drawing a portrait using graphite for the person and charcoal for the hair so I was wondering if you know of any type of pencil that doesn't have graphite's shine and isn't as loose as charcoal?
It's because I'm trying to draw something realistic and the graphite might be getting in the way.
i had the exact same brand of charcoal pencil thing:)
same with me..
Awesome
Great Video! I wish I could draw like that! Another subscriber here!
I like your voice and the way you understand....
thnks!
Thank you so much! I got a charcoal set for Christmas and I wanted to get introduced to it and this helped me so much!
Using Derwent light too. It's real that everytime I sharpen it , it will break. So I find a normal sharp sharpener and it never break at all anymore. Thanks for tge detail tutorial
MYUNG STAL same here wtf
Thank you for your video and Ive made the same one ! :)
i think the eyelash thing is true. It might be because guys have testosterone which increases hair production but that's just my guess. I have somewhat long eyelashes but they're nothing compared to my 3 brothers.
Females have testosterone too...
Plus, men were historically "hunter/ gatherers" so their eyes would need more protection while out in the elements?
Wow......... Amazing work.This is too much attractive. I enjoyed THIS. Stay sfe stay connect.......... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💓
Its true!
I'm using Cretacolor Studio Line Charcoal pencils and I have 4 different types of pencils such as charcoal oil extra soft, charcoal soft, charcoal medium and charcoal hard. Which one should I use? or rather which one is best to use for drawing such as these?..
It's better to use a cotton bud or tissue for blending. Fingers always hold residual oils which smear and wash out good blending
I’m pretty sure that gouts do have longer eyelashes. I mean, most guys I know do. This video was super helpful! Thanks! 🙏❤️⭐️
This person is way better than the first person I didn't finish that video I barely watched it because he sounded depressed and sad and he was very boring
Awesome😎👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Just got some Charcoal Pencils! Time To Start!
very good👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice work 👍👍👍
thanks , :D
EasyThingsToDraw101 I just got a twelve pack of Willow Charcoal from Daler Rowney and a Royal and Langnickel sketchbook to use the charcoal on. It says on the book to use dry media and I figure charcoal is dry media so it should work right?
Thank you sir
very beautiful♥
Thank you! Cheers!
yeah they eyelashes thing is true!
It’s my birthday and I got a charcoal set. I need to learn how XD
you are great
What can I use to protect my drawing if it's in a sketchbook? I don't want to smudge it...
Great 👍
:)
What kind of sketchpad would you recommend using charcoal ? It scattered easily on the other side of bondpaper its look like a mess
easy but amazing :3
This guy knows da way
I can't shade as you do. I'm using Derwent as well (tho "Medium" and "Dark", not "Light") on Canson paper and I find charcoal to be a bit scratchy and inconsistent. It's like it "tapers off", like a nib that's ran out off ink. I can shade a whole area eventually but it's a frustrating experience. Any suggestions?
What's the proper grip and way to hold a pencil while drawing
depends on how you use it
Are you going to show us how to draw a nose in charcoal too?
I like your drawing
:)
hey brother i just have buy tinted pencil are Like yours . i would like to know where can i learn more with this plss
I only have that "vine" charcoal that you are talking about. Can I use it in this case??
I am sketch master. but I can't draw like this ...superb mind blowing
I usually smudge with my finger but I cover my finger with a piece of cloth from an old T-shirt