Everything I know about charcoal drawing in one video
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Why I love charcoal
04:24 - My charcoal workstation setup
06:01 - Pan Pastel
06:55 - Vine charcol
07:18 - Charcoal pencils
07:42 - Achieving a "painterly" look with charcoal
08:14 - Erasers
09:39 - Paper
12:03 - My drawing/painting process (painting a crow in charcoal)
14:58 - Sharpening charcoal pencils
16:57 - How I avoid smudging my charcoal drawings
17:59 - Using spray fixative to seal my drawings
19:34 - How I store my charcoal drawings
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Hi, I’m Louise: an artist, writer & creative solopreneur from Sweden. As a multi-passionate creative, I have spent my entire adult life avoiding traditional employment and instead making a living off of my art.
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@shoozymusic 9 ай бұрын
My favorite thing about charcoal is going into public not realizing I have smudge marks after scratching my face while drawing causing me to look like a forlorn 19th century chimney sweep boy.
@siddharthyadav9004 7 ай бұрын
That's wonderful. Relatable
@shockingdocumentaries4255 7 ай бұрын
Ditto. 😂 I wonder what you’d say about someone who always has charcoal on their hands and oil paint on their clothes
@Stickman1001 2 жыл бұрын
Great video about such a great medium. I teach a 12 week beginner, intermediate drawing class that continues into an advanced session. That class can go another 12 weeks so we cover a lot. On day one I tell students they won’t be using erasers to fix mistakes in my class and many folks get upset. As we get deeper into the class the eraser is finally introduced as a tool to strengthen values and negative space. Each session I marvel as they suddenly see my reasoning for allowing erasers back into their tool box. By the advanced session everyone is doing negative pull drawings and using pan pastel with graphite powder. Their drawings are all loose with dramatic texture and tonal values. I’m truly blessed to see these advancements happen right in front of my eyes and I have graphite to thank for it. Have fun and happy drawing everyone.
@IceBullit 2 жыл бұрын
You have the best explanation of toning your "canvas" that I have found so far. Thank you for sharing your work!
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, thank you! And yeah, "mahl stick" sounds kinda familiar... 😊
@davinavalaydon2961 Жыл бұрын
I there, where might I find Louise's explanation for toning canvases?
@robjenkins3296 2 жыл бұрын
I had a good, long, genuine laugh at the "why do I have a white desk, drawers, etc..." part. Thanks
@serbarriston7177 2 жыл бұрын
This is how charcoal captured me as well. Tried it in highschool and had a very negative experience. Got back into drawing again at the beginning of the pandemic and went straight for graphite. A year later I tried charcoal again, fell in love with it and never looked back. It's expressive, mysterious and cloudy, incredibly forgiving and you can reach super high levels of contrast .
@peterdishal7135 Жыл бұрын
'Thank you' Louise for this marvelous video! I, too, am completely taken by charcoal and the pan pastel experience. It feels like sculpting to me and the open-ended ease of creations is pure joy...you really conveyed it all in 20 minutes! Mollie
@ElizabethBattle Жыл бұрын
Very helpful! Thank you! I also am into depicting crows and ravens in charcoal right now, and doing studies on different papers. And we have a resident crow family that hangs out in the yard around my studio, providing lots of inspiration!
@michellegratwick8780 Жыл бұрын
you explain so well and your passion comes through. You are very easy to listen to as well. Thank you from Australia
@cathyserafinowicz6374 Жыл бұрын
What a lovely demonstration,you are very inspiring.Thanks for sharing your knowledge.❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@rochellebogie6091 8 ай бұрын
I’m very much a beginner in terms of charcoal drawing. This video was HUGELY informative and helpful. Thank you. Very excited to be making charcoal drawings.
@exclusive6712 8 ай бұрын
You just made me your fan.. the way you spoke and approach towards the drawings and painting hobby to achieve enjoy happiness and satisfying for the creative and artistic minds who are stuck with boring IT jobs.
@kerry5586 Жыл бұрын
Those birds are fabulous! I just bought a load of really cheap willow charcoal from an art shop that was getting rid of that section so I can't wait to try using it. Thanks for the inspiration!
@myartpixie 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your video. I like Charcoal. I used it more back in art school than I do now. I still have a portfolio of some of those pieces. Your work is beautiful!
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 😊 Yeah, charcoal really is an art school thing, haha. And a hit or miss for many of us. Happy I gave it another shot.
@bigblue6917 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Louise. I very much enjoyed this video and learnt a lot from it. I used to enjoy art when I was young but never really took it anywhere. But now I have more time I have decided to get back into it. I have been looking around for what medium I would like to use and I find charcoal appeals to me the most. In fact listening to you explain why you enjoy working in black and white it sounded as if I was talking to myself. One of the things I love with black and white photography is the dynamic contrast it can bring. One of the surprising discoveries is how many different forms charcoal takes. As well as sticks and pencils you can get it in blocks, powder, pastels, paint pans and tubes. And not just in black but coloured as well. I am going to enjoy exploring all of these. I see we also share a love for the corvids, a highly intelligent birds. I also noticed your drawings of the octopus. Again highly intelligent, very inquisitive and self taught. Thanks again
@mrguzman4G Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I’m hoping to start a charcoal piece of my wife. But I haven’t worked up the courage to do it. Watching your video certainly helped
@frhythms 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, Louise. I'm just beginning to work with charcoal (I think I'm going to become addicted to it). This video is very helpful! Your art work is gorgeous.
@asderocher Жыл бұрын
I love a cool silver grey in my studio. Not pure white to hide paint and smudges but not so dark that it absorbs all the light in the room
@nadiaberrehili9843 Жыл бұрын
Very clair demonstration. Thank you for your generosity❤
@IceCenders 3 күн бұрын
You have a wonderfully calm voice, your channel name is quite perfect! Reminds me of great meditating videos I used to listen to, with super soothing voices. Great taste in birds as well, crows are wonderful! Charcoal is also something that clicked with me (I'm just getting started though). I also fell in love with the depth of contrast and the fact that with a very few amounts of strokes, a drawing can come to life in such amazing, almost magical ways...
@suzannestevens8257 5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. I found this relaxing and helpful. Love your birds!
@richardsong8 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, Louise. Thanks for reminding me how much I love charcoal… and your work too!
@TeeNorbu Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your charcoal art video. Amazing
@mdz0739 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this great video and for sharing your knowledge and experience!
@connieadamsmattson5767 2 жыл бұрын
I like your drawings, Louise. What you created for yourself to keep your hand above your drawing is called a "mahl stick" and I use mine a lot.
@margad6115 3 ай бұрын
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. This is the most helpful video I have seen on charcoal and it has got me excited to start drawing again now that I know the best products to use. Thank you for sharing.
@deborahmeyers7839 2 жыл бұрын
I adore crows your Crow is darling! This video covered all about charcole so thanks for sharing Louise because I always wanted to know... My favourite is watercolour it was love at first sight just bonded with it 💜
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Awww thank you! Crows ARE darlings. 🖤🥰 And congratulations on falling in love with watercolors! 😌
@dogyaltshering9653 2 жыл бұрын
Impressive ! Actually what astounded me was that I use the same laptop ‘table’ to do my drawings..actually I got it so that I could eat my meals in bed while watching tv but I found a better use for it…I am definitely going to try charcoal.I have tried to in the past but like you soda I didn’t like the mess…but I will have a go at it once again ..Thank you.Keep inspiring and stay blessed.
@Happyshelter333 5 ай бұрын
Beautiful art,thankyou for the tips ❤❤❤
@Miss_Llune 7 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks you for sharing your knowledge about charcoal, i've draw some pieces with them and i try your process, and like it ! It's so simple and clear, it help me to improve myself with charcoal ! Cheers and take care of you.
@Drawn-In 4 ай бұрын
What a fantastic and informative video! Thank you for making it and sharing.
@pentachronic 9 ай бұрын
Wonderful information (Jättebra!) and thank you for sharing your knowledge. And I totally get you on the smudge marks everywhere!! BTW, alcohol and kitchen paper towels remove it quickly but wet wipes are the best IMO. Great choice on Corvids too - love them and they are so damn smart!! A few other tips from what I’ve found: #1) For the tombow, for very fine lines cut the end off at an angle!! #2) To stop smudging in your sketchbook tape some glassine paper to cover the charcoal. Like adding in a extra page and bind/tape to folding edge. #3) Use glassine paper to rest on and cover work whilst drawing too avoiding the smudging.
@zoridahall4732 8 ай бұрын
Awesome tutorial artistry just took place thank you Zoe
@hxthead 8 ай бұрын
thank you for this video! I am currently in school learning to use charcoal and it seems to be a very interesting medium!!! great video
@alexolinel_mua5133 Жыл бұрын
I just bought a charcoal pencil without knowing how to use it 😁 and your video helps a lot, thank you. And your voice is really calming, really enjoy watching your video ❤❤
@yoitsjonmac188 3 ай бұрын
Ive been struggling so hard with it for a month now, switched to tan paper and started using a white charcoal pencil and some grey pastels in addition to compressed, took everything i learned and it finally clicked, produced my first portrait ever that I don't hate. I cannot say the same for graphite despite it being my primary medium. Think im gonna go all in and get the powders and special brushes. You sold me. Thanks for sharing your art with us.
@augustogiron9892 Жыл бұрын
Yes thank you. Very helpful...always wanted to do it...
@gayelee1559 3 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this and Im waiting for my pastel black to arrive. I’m really excited and inspired thank you
@angelajsacaartistaffiliatedwpl 8 ай бұрын
Beautiful thx for sharing ❤ love the Bristol Smooth paper so good for charcoal drawing love your work.
@amyescalera75 5 ай бұрын
Black is my favorite color! I’m new to drawing, painting (was) my favorite art media however I tried drawing a crow in charcoal LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!! 🖤🖤🖤😍
@CityCityyahyah1111 6 ай бұрын
Love this video so much! Thank you 🖤
@letitiarosenthal2286 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful work.
@lawsdraws Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, since you recommened your fave artists in your last video, I have become quite obsessed with charcoal drawings (something I never really use). I am in love with the emotive quality of the marks you can make with it.... it dark, its moody, it's really alive. Your crows are gorgeous! And gosh, thank you for introducing me to Mad Charcoal's work. I'd really like to experiment more with this medium, and make some art that has feeling and atmosphere.
@bigblue6917 Жыл бұрын
I found Mad Charcoal about the same time you did. I love watching to image come together.
@lawsdraws Жыл бұрын
@@bigblue6917 it is sorcery!
@brucetrieu4068 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info.I'll try.
@setwave Жыл бұрын
Mad Charcoal got me back into drawing. Nice work you’ve got there too.
@kelly-ux8zy Жыл бұрын
Awesome video thank u you have made me want to try charcoal again x
@carolward3105 11 ай бұрын
you and I are so alike graphite wasn’t cutting it for me! I do faces, and it’s been a learning experience with charcoal but I love it. I love the darkness. Thank you so much for sharing.
@LakeTravelerFantasyMusic 3 ай бұрын
So informative, and it was really good to see the demo. Thanks for sharing all of it, even the fixative bit at the end. 😄
@DevonExplorer 2 жыл бұрын
I saw your 'quitting instagram' video on my YT page and watched that, then was intrigued to see the kind of work you do. I absolutely love the charcoal drawings, love black & white and love birds, so you now have another subscriber. Beautiful work and I really enjoyed watching your process. I have a lot of charcoal medium but hadn't seen the pan pastel before, so I'm inspired to do some charcoal artwork and I'll be visiting my local art supplies shop tomorrow! Thank you, Louise. :)
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you so much! 🖤 And welcome. And hope you'll have lot of fun with the pan pastel. I should make some more videos about that soon. Need to practice. 😌
@chris.369 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same! I am a coloured pencil artist and fed up with FB and IG and bird lover. When I saw the thumbnail of this video and had to check it out. These are awesome!
@CHANTIP Жыл бұрын
hello from USA, Sweden, great job! very nice job - thank you for sharing.
@mmgss6 Жыл бұрын
thanks my friend...it was awesome
@jumanas4012 Жыл бұрын
Love your style ❤
@BeautifullyAnimated 10 ай бұрын
Oh, you hit me deep when you brought up graphite becoming a silvery mess because you overdid the graphite trying to get certain areas darker. It's horrible when that happens. Ugh, then I have to start over. Good thing I have Light tablet for tracing. 😊
@janettepolt2815 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this-I never tried charcoal cux it's so messy. But I don't know, I tried it just for the hell of it and I CAN'T stop-I freakin love it!! It's a blast what u can do with it!!
@zxcvbnm6669 8 ай бұрын
What beautiful drawings
@ColonelPanic007 Жыл бұрын
Wonderfully informative video!
@kirje33 2 ай бұрын
great video. I started drawing, and this looks like something I want to try in future. tnx
@pressedoff 2 ай бұрын
i use sandpaper to sharpen my charcoal! Love the video
@deborah8476 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your video... will definitely use many of your tips!! suggest using a room air purifier when you can't go outside to spray fixative
@fineartist7710 7 ай бұрын
I am professional artist and instructor here in Chelsea, Manhattan and I also create with charcoal. I love the medium and its ancient history....It was probably first used the very night that prehistoric cave primates, possibly Homo Habilis, 2million years ago or Homo Erectus,1 million years ago, first controlled fire and cooked a meal with burning wood. After dinner they must have played around with the burnt wood, smudging each others faces for fun and later maybe to scare any rivals that would come into their territory to take resources. Wonderful video! ...I liked and subscribed!
@hifijohn Ай бұрын
beautiful work
@irmabronder 8 ай бұрын
Very beautiful. I love charcoal aswell.❤
@oversipelio983 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great video.
@artworld9799 Жыл бұрын
Amazing charcoal drawing,,, Love it,,,,, Greetings from a new friend,, Always Best Wishes to you,, Have a great day,,
@sid2662 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!!
@bhartinagarkatti7064 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@quar9012 3 ай бұрын
Beautiful work and very very informative video
@artsy_fartsy 8 ай бұрын
Very Informative!
@ladyelainefairchild3546 8 ай бұрын
A piece of tracing paper held on one end with a piece of drafting tape (so you can easily lift the untaped side) helps protect from smudging. I do that for graphite.
@carlosviquez5396 2 жыл бұрын
You don't know How much I love you!!!
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Awww thank you! 🖤🙏
@suelaw4260 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this video.. I learned so much from you
@KathleenRenninger 4 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this very helpful --and calming---video! You covered a lot. I'd never tried toning the paper, or using smooth textured paper------ and never thought of using Pan Pastels------or the stick with the ball on the end. Back in my sign-painter days, we referred to it as a mahl stick.
@MimiBondi 4 ай бұрын
Very helpful thanks Louise! I hope you have come across Butcherbirds in your drawing adventures as they are just your type! They come and sing to me outside my window while I paint (in Australia) :)
@mickl3073 Жыл бұрын
thank you that was great
@jcepri 2 жыл бұрын
Would be great to see more charcoal drawing tutorials on your channel.
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that! 😄
@yvonnewalton2888 19 күн бұрын
Thank you for your crows. I love one of our bird that was introduced to our country and is classified as a pest but I love the call it makes to its mate and its colouring. It’s a Mag pie.
@lebowskiduderino89 8 ай бұрын
Beautiful, maybe I won't give up just yet😁😁
@davinavalaydon2961 Жыл бұрын
Louise, what a great video! Thank you. By any chance, would you have any tips on charcoal/graphite drawing on canvas and canvas boards? Have a good Sunday :)
@SviraSvi 3 ай бұрын
I love corvids too!!! Your art is amazing
@daniellealkhabi84 3 ай бұрын
Great video thank you
@stephenburrows4250 2 жыл бұрын
Try baking paper between pages, use a small piece of tape to hold it at the top or on the side to stop it from sliding around - you can also use a fixative spray to reduce the smudging further...
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
I have tried that, and it's a great tip! I'm just too lazy to do it most of the time, haha...
@mariastigell7776 2 жыл бұрын
Jätteintressant att se! Ser väldigt roligt ut.:)
@LouiseStigell 2 жыл бұрын
Det är det. 😌 Om man bortser från att det blir smutsigt då, men det känns som att det hör till på nåt vis. =)
@lifeismusicparnadonkers Жыл бұрын
I love all colours in everthing i do. My favoriete colour is pink😊👍🏾🖐🏾😁
@christinajackson17 7 ай бұрын
Loved when I drew with charcoal
@stovieking Жыл бұрын
I think you can use Hairspray as a fixative as well?
@joselynrosario5265 8 ай бұрын
Love it! I just suscribed.
@archaic_way Жыл бұрын
I love charcoal!
@waveart6058 6 ай бұрын
Subscribed. Brava!
@vikasjain6150 Жыл бұрын
You can try using mat lamination... Perfect for charcoal and graphite... Its batter then glass
@jemartinezisaza Жыл бұрын
thank you
@sirhudson7791 5 ай бұрын
hi. enjoyed that. been using charcoal for years. spectrafix do a fixative that is non toxic and used with a fine mist spray thing. its a little less refined than traditional fixatives, tends to be abit splattery. which can help if you have a very loose painterly quality. lots of youtubers...... showing spectrafix. personally i prefer a homemade sanded surface so i dont have to deal with fixatives. oh yeah, natural hog brushes for detailed blending in tight spots. all other hair types are more like erasers in varying degrees. packaging peanuts of great blending tools too. hope you many years of enjoyment messing with this wonderfull medium.
@IceCenders 3 күн бұрын
Such amazing info! I'd already noticed that it was super hard to erase on grainier paper, and I wondered if that was just me because many people recommended very grainy paper for charcoal, "the grainier the better", but clearly as you say it's a double-edged sword, and it seems in the end that one may lose the white of the paper in the process of reaching for darker blacks... Kind of a bummer. Wished I'd seen your video first!
@davidcalderwood4131 2 күн бұрын
Thank you. BTW your command of the English language is VERY impressive. Loved this lesson.
@janjohnson6602 Ай бұрын
Do you copy images from a book? From photographs? From life? Live your tutorial. Very lovely soft and soothing to watch and listen to- and learn from! Your work is inspiring and I love birds, so am very impressed with your skillful renderings! Thank you.
@tiaferguson8848 5 ай бұрын
I don’t know why I laughed so hard when You were running away from the fixative 😂😂😂😂
@bilaljanart 8 ай бұрын
Good one
@karimamro 8 ай бұрын
wooow it’s nice.
@nancyvfinn5253 21 күн бұрын
Lovely work! What is the size of your folder/portfolio with the clear sleeves for your paintings? Thanks.
@blageeugenio3023 Жыл бұрын
great video
@thetruthoutside8423 23 күн бұрын
Me too, black and white, we should all be seen the world in black and white. A nostalgic feeling the black and white would give you and also dry and undefined configuration. All my portraits are in charcoal.
@jainejackson3265 Ай бұрын
Hi, love your sharing. I have a finished charcoal painting on watercolour paper and want to now fix it onto a cradle panel? Do you frame this way? If so do you have any hints on success
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