6 Things Beginners need to know about Charcoal Drawing

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I'm sharing 6 tips to help beginners get started in charcoal drawing! How do you blend? What drawing tools and pencils do you use?
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@brentboyer79 2 жыл бұрын

If I draw a rose and it comes out looking like cabbage I'm going to be like, "look at this awesome cabbage I drew".

@Lachri 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Wise!

@NicholeFraserSicNic 2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna love that damn cabbage to death!

@locoyo386 Жыл бұрын

😁👍

@MaaminaKaiRuchi 4 ай бұрын

😂

@user-gc2ow3ii4w 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@kaireescott5671 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I haven't done charcoal since I was in high school been 8 years for me. The only time I use charcoal pencils is when I'm sketching out for paintings. Charcoal will be something that I will get into later on after I get back into my groove in art. Been out for 4 years and it feels amazing to be back into it.

@Lachri 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you're back to art!!

@heymsparker2816 2 жыл бұрын

Teaching your brain to actually SEE what you’re looking at, is harder than it sounds lol. It took me months to realize I wasn’t really “seeing” my reference photo. Now that I can see, I can confirm that this elevates your work!

@claritzairosario68 2 жыл бұрын

This is a good start to practice with charcol! This is my first time that I am going to practice with this mediums. I never use them, since I watch a Lisa video, and wonderful advice of how you can get easy results, with color pencils, or other mediums, just practicing with charcol first. And I buy it! 😅 Thanks Lisa for those tips!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@RealityRisingArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips. I haven't tried charcoal yet. Your rose is stunning ❤

@belbolser9671 2 жыл бұрын

Timely tips for me too! Got an Amazon Gift Certificate and bought some charcoal supplies, the water soluble graphite, and more paper to try! Haven’t worked in charcoal in years , I’ve been out of high school for a loooong time lol! Thanks for all you give!

@starvingartistscollective 2 жыл бұрын

A really timely video Lisa!!! Thank you!! Just got the Derwent 24 set of tinted charcoal pencils, 3 of their paper stumps and a pad of coloured Mi Teintes paper for Christmas!! So happy to put these ideas into practice now. TFS!!

@SmillyDonut 2 жыл бұрын

These are some great charcoal drawings tips. Will definitely keep them in mind when next I use my charcoal.

@sambeawesome 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your charcoal videos! They've really inspired me and I finally tried charcoal after avoiding for so many years thinking I wouldn't like it, and I love it! I just did my first charcoal piece a couple weeks ago, and I can't wait to do more. :D

@cindylong2782 10 ай бұрын

My favorite medium. I don't see a lot videos on charcoal. I appreciate this and I really love your channel. I just love what you do.

@nikahadasart3207 2 жыл бұрын

Powerful and beautiful drawing under your magic hand! This is so creative! Truly amazing Art, your are the most creative artist

@brandiesstudio 4 ай бұрын

I am so impressed. You are clearly a master artist and teacher. I am just watching this because I’m a competent artist, but teaching doesn’t come easily. I’m teaching a class on charcoal for the first time, and I just didn’t have the language. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom!

@Lachri 4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I could help! Good luck with your classes, that's awesome that you're teaching!!

@Ifritsdotnet Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I’m a new artist and the tip about over blending I think explains a lot about my struggles with charcoal lately

@angelajclarkson 2 жыл бұрын

You are always full of invaluable tips and tricks....always a favourite 🥰❤️

@kathrineweller1961 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips! They will be very helpful for me and your rose was beautiful! Would you consider doing a person portrait in charcoal soon? I would love to see how you do it.

@artworld9799 Жыл бұрын

6 Things beginners need to know about charcoal drawing definitely!! It's important video for any painter, great work🎨 Regards 🙏

@yoitsjonmac188 4 ай бұрын

I've been working with white and black on tan paper and just produced a pretty decent portrait. Thanks for the tips!

@Morticia147 2 жыл бұрын

I like your approach on charcoal, great tips and the rose is just beautyful. Personally I prefere very, very smooth paper (like Bristol) for charcoal and graphite and seal the layers with a fixative. ☺ Have you ever tried soft filbert brushes for blending? It gives the softest shadings and transitions. Your tip with the abstract shapes made my life so much easier, it's the perfect method for everything you paint.

@v.mishrasart43 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent💯👍👏 work

@PatricktheBlackArt125 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Am currently drawing a commissioned Portrait And I was kind of confused on how to use white charcoal and also some tools that I can use to actually blend the this charcoal drawing.🙂 how timely the video is!!!

@AzureSymbiote 9 ай бұрын

Wow, I had planned to draw a charcoal rose tomorrow!

@AnimalArtbyTerraCotta 2 жыл бұрын

I think the paper is most important aspect in most art, more than paints and brushes .... just my opinion. Seems you're saying the same too :D

@3rdactjourney 2 жыл бұрын

What if you want to add color? Can you successfully mix charcoal with pastel or Conte pencils? Do you need to use sanded paper instead?

@Lachri 2 жыл бұрын

You can add pastels or conte pencils to the canson mi-teintes, but sanded paper would also work. You will have to try both and see what you prefer!

@dreamrabbits5072 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried charcoal but I actually just bought a pack of generals a week ago! I am coming from illustrative digital art and pencil sketches after 15 years so I'm planning on experimenting with different mediums and mixed media. I purchased the charcoal because before I dive in to my paints and pastels, I want to practice drawing and shading and getting values correct and stuff like that...I felt like charcoal was easier and forgiving (and you confirmed it). I'm not sure if I want to do realism or semi realism yet, but I'm definitely doing what I did with digital art, and that's creating my own compositions, so I am not going to be copying photos except for referencing, I will be putting together my own designs, it's just what I am used to. The funny thing is that my main subject is flowers and animals, so the first thing I'm going to attempt are flowers like peonies and roses! I've already drawn plenty of flowers with pencils, I actually used to draw all my artwork by hand and scanned it in to digital rendering. I'm glad for this video it's really assuring my decision to start with charcoal!

@kennethaquino8352 6 ай бұрын

hello nice drawing so charcoal white and soft is enough?

@31leoceara 2 жыл бұрын

Charcoal tip explosion at 10:53 🤭

@greekveteran2715 Жыл бұрын

Please, do you use hard charcoal often in your drawings? Can I rely to Soft and Medium that I just got, or I should defenately get a hard charcoal pencil too?

@summertimelandscapedesign Жыл бұрын

True, she sounds like a behaviorists - thats a good teaching comment.

@charlottesmom Ай бұрын

Is glassine paper like parchment paper?

@mychanneltoletyouknow 5 ай бұрын

what about a canvas? what i’m looking for if i wanna try out charcoal? is there a specific brand/detail of canvas that’s ideal for charcoal.

@Lachri 4 ай бұрын

Canvas is too rough for me with charcoal. That's not something I ever use.

@aprilkurtz1589 2 жыл бұрын

Paphs rule! I love orchids. They're the only plants my cats won't eat!

@Lachri 2 жыл бұрын

That's one orchid I've never gotten. I need to! I love them! I mostly have phals with a few oncidiums.

@aprilkurtz1589 2 жыл бұрын

@@Lachri I've got a couple of Oncidiums. They're in an East facing window. There's a local nursery that sells bloomed out Paphs for a decent price..$15 or so, which is less than half of what the blooming ones cost. They'll be on sale in late Feb. Yeeehaw!!!!

@locoyo386 Жыл бұрын

Is there a difference between blending and transitioning? I keep hearing the word blending when I feel like it's more of a transition between two colors/tones.

@Lachri Жыл бұрын

It can be used interchangeably.

@locoyo386 Жыл бұрын

@@Lachri 😁👍

@heavywestern5943 7 ай бұрын

"Photorealism means you are working from a photograph." I feel like the biggest idiot now.

@Smudgie 5 ай бұрын

"Me-Taren't"

@NicholeFraserSicNic 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but it's hate to see what you call advanced then. Lol

@ManWithoutThePants Жыл бұрын

This is a late reply, but I think the tips were good for beginners. If you try to draw a rose as a beginner, don't worry if it doesn't come out like in the video. It's just one good practice subject since the shapes and values are quite random and make you force learn to draw what you see. Other good subject that came to my mind was glass bottle with water. There can be lots of reflections and refraction of light etc. that you really have to pay attention what there is in the picture and just draw them as they are.