A million thanks! When I was 14 my mother enrolled me in an art class for portraiture and figure drawing. I was the only kid amongst say 12 adults. It was held at the Brodie St library. I was so shy. I blushed nonstop. We drew in both pencil and charcoal. I actually got rather good. Used to sell pastel portraits for a couple of bucks. I became a commercial artist. Rarely did portraits anymore and I missed it. About-40 years passed. And recently a hankering to reprise both figure drawing and portraiture made my fingers twitchy. I made two dreadful attempts. Pondered them for days and realized I was sketching lines where I needed to sketch light and the absence of light. That’s wonderfully illustrated by the charcoal study here. Thanks so much! Hope this gets me back on track!

Wow ! I learned how to draw portraits with graphite really well over the course of 2 years. My drawings do not lack realism for it being graphite but I stopped here because I keep hearing charcoal makes things really come to life. So it does. Looking forward to another 2 years

Amazing...very fine explanation..this is what most of us looking for..better than any timelapse video..great..

the instructor gives a very easy and clear follow ups in each step. I did really enjoy watching it and learning.

Thank you for posting it real speed. I find time lapse videos not very helpful, too overwhelming. Your demonstration with clear explanations are superb!

this is a very good tutorial. i tried this style and did good on my first try somehow. rn im keeping on practicing this style.

My goodness, that is fabulous! Thank you for creating this video with such a clear and generous explanation. Beautiful artist.

Good looks tend to fade out but the mind never does, it only grows. That's why good portrait art at all times needs to capture the soul of the subject. The face is the mirror of the mind. It's often in the eyes, the eyes of people reflect the desires of their heart. Eyes in artworks have something special. Eyes often times say more then words can. Eyes are very similar to drawings in that regard, if you can say it in words there's no need to draw it... I guess art is a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see.

Wow you are so versatile and so good in all the different forms. Just awesome 👍

This is exactly what was looking for Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and techniques 👍👍👍👍

this is one of the best narrated video, thank you so much. I like the loose charcoal style demo. Hope to see more.

Amazing explanation, can't get much clearer than that. So glad I stumbled upon this, thanks!

Its critical for beginners to develop their knowledge of plane changes. Since the face is very complex, plane changes may not be clearly visible regardless of lighting. Effectively recognizing plane changes will help push your portrait drawings further. Line quality is the second thing i should mention. Through lose or hard lines, the ability to differentiate cast shadows and soft round curves of the face with line quality will put your art 10 steps forward. Start slow when rendering. Shape shape shape! If you’re too ambitious early on one will develop a lot of bad habits that will hinder your growth as an artist.

amazing tutorial!!!! thanks and congratulations from Brasil!

Wow, I learned more here than in my drawing class...

A wonderful teacher you are.

This is amazing. I like charcoal because it feels like i am molding something. Though i realize that i am missing some tools. It looks easy when i watched you doing it. I hope i can do the same. I really like this hobby of drawing. Thank you for sharing.

Wonderful demo. Many thanks

Absolutely superb work your demonstrations are so helpful

Very good explanation and drawing!

I am really thinking of taking on this Vertual Instructor course to perfect my drawing , i just love the way you instruct while drawing...just great!!!

Such a good teacher

sosososo useful and the best explanation !!

I just took a figure drawing class and feel in love with using charcoal, before this I used ink. I love charcoal because of how it can be applied.

Amazing approach as really most beginners think of charcoal or vine charcoal as a tool for contouring same as graphite pencils

that was really good teaching

this was super helpful, subscribed

this is perfect for me . Thank you

Thanks a lot this helps teaches and gives hope

Thank you. So much helpful

Great art work & Artist 💙💚💛

This is amazing. I wish I can that good

werrynice charcoal paintings

That's a great demo. I learned a lot watching you develop the portrait layers. The explanations of your approach for the various details were very useful. I hope you put more of these online. Many thanks, Matt.

Awesome.

really good

Lovely !!

Thank you very helpful

waw!! very nice draw i like it.. you r grate artist

Fantastic

Great Video

very clear explanation.... Thank you sir

very impressive

very awsome

brilliant

Thank you Sir

nice sir

nice

Great lesson

wow!!!!

I wish you did this demo of the whole figure... wonder what you might do differently. You say you do not use contour/ outline, but actually the video starts with a very quick line drawing.... including both value shapes & contour outline

Andy from twin peaks police department went on to do great things

Very nice. Which Charcoal brand have you used in this video?

how long didbit actually take??

Pls share which brand kneaded eraser your using. Whatever I use doesn't work well. .I don't know which brand I should use

thanks so much for your teqnique!! very helpful! I used your advice for my assignment and it worked pretty well!!!!!!!! here's a link if you want to check it out

in how much time will i learn if i practice everydat

when smudging the charcoal with your finger do you use the same finger, or have some sort of cleaning wipe to clean the finger ??

Really nice I'm a pencil portrait artist but would like to start using charcoal

Very nice Sir, But I do not understand The "Light Angle"

You draw like me!

seems easy enough

How do you get your paper not to tear up after blending the charcoal?

I love this, I just uploaded a version for beginners too

Don't you find the oil from your finger stops the charcoal from sticking to the paper

Did anyone catch the name of the paper he used??

Dark and light are my problem.

"quick portrait sketch" 👀👀👀👀

drawing with charcoal is a lot more like painting than it is drawing

13 minutes for the whole thing? oh my god

position du portrait est difficile ,le début est mal fait ,après c'est bon .

Julian Assange?

Values..and more values..darker and more darker values...less values.. It sounds like a Preacher talking about society's decay

nice