Everything I know about Charcoal in one video.

Everything I know about charcoal for beginners and then more advanced techniques towards the end of the video.

MATERIALS
Soft Charcoal Sticks :

Conte' Charcoal Pencils:

Blending Stump:

Fabriano Paper Rolls:

Fixative:

Derwent Electric Eraser:

00:00 Intro
00:20 Basic Materials
07:47 Advanced Materials
14:10 Paper Types
15:17 Advanced Techniques

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[michellelittle]

Brilliant as always! Informative & thoroughly explained, in a way that’s easily understood. You’re a natural teacher Daniel!

[mthibewars]

Wow thanks for the tips im a beginner wild life charcoal artist and these tips are really usefull to create realistic Pieces

[gabriellebakker]

Very instructive; I like that you’re not obsessing over detail, but going for the big structures first.
& mentioning the paper; that’s often left out but it’s as important as the drawing tools: it’s also a tool.

[vstarannie]

Thank you thank you thank you. This was very helpful. I'm looking forward to seeing more work from you.

[MariaTeresaBugeja]

Awesome you explained everything so well!!!!

[anild]

So beautifully explained, I absolutely loved it! I'm going to give a go, drawing with charcoal. Obviously using your tips! Thank you for this informative video! Bless you!!👌👌👏👏👏🙏🏼

[carolhestand]

You know your subject well for freehand drawing, enjoyed this video very much❤

[susankelly]

Thank you so much for this. I never worked with Charcoal before because I didn't know enough about it. But now I do I'm rearing to go and try it. And thanks very much for that tip about the white pastel pencil and fixative. That white pencil is in every set and I thought it was a MUST. Watching that demo with the white pencil and the fixative showed otherwise. Thank you. It pays to watch your videos. I've learned loads from this and I'm very grateful. Susan 😅

[ArtfulThinking-po]

Hey thanks a lot man. That was very helpful for me just starting out with charcoal.

[isabellepayne]

Very useful to a beginner like me, thank you!

[anettedouglasdotter]

Wonderful! ❤ I haven't got round to give charcoal a proper go yet - but your tutorial was really inspiring! ⭐️ Thank you!🙏 Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪

[gannasamir]

Thank you sm this was really helpful🙏❤️

[SerenWen_art]

Great video! I really wanted to do your workshop with TWASI this weekend, but had to work, this video is really useful, I’ll have to give it a go! :)

[AylaZA]

Very informative video ❤ I love your style and admire your attention to detail. I also paint wildlife but a lot looser, so I thoroughly enjoy watching you in an attempt to get a little better and patient with the details.

[rachmcd]

Great video! I paint in oil so it was interesting to hear from someone who is experienced with charcoal. 🙂

[lindamacgregor]

i have some water soluble charcoal pencils and am wondering if you ever use them, Your work is beautiful and thanks for sharing this information

[geoffcoll]

I suppose if one did prefer to use the white, it's better to quickly frame behind glass which, of course, adds to the cost.
Great tutorial on charcoal, thank you Sir.

[AndjelijaVujkovic]

7:20 guys for those who cant aford this spray you can use hair spray it works just fine

[nanettehaas]

Hi
What kind of bristol paper do you use? Smooth or vellum for charcoal.
I use fariano artistico❤

[larastrazdas]

Tortillions and blending stumps are 2 different tools. Stumps, which is what you were using, is made from compressed paper and pointed on both ends. Tortillions are paper that is wound and is pointed on one end and are hollow.