How To Draw A Charcoal Portrait From Life

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[a]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! Could you please tell us where we can purchase the same paper you used in this video? I am aware that it is a medium grain Ingres paper by Fabriano, but I could not find the exact same colour. Thank you very much, your reply will be highly appreciated! :)

[joethepope]

Quite possibly the best drawing tutorial I’ve seen, so many hints and tips in a fluid manner.

[robertrigel]

I've never seen anyone handle charcoal as well as you. That was fun!

[Michael-hbnq]

The likeness is so accurate, you really are incredible.

[linear]

Thank you for that. You kept it short and to the point. The narrative was helpful, too.

[seanfarrellsullivanhasemotions]

One of the most informative and well composed videos on this subject I have ever seen. I would pay to have a collection of your time lapse work lessons. Outstanding!

[markh]

Though I hear your quotes from H. Speed regarding the technique when you smudged the dark tones to mid there seemed to be an enormous saving of time and as you say the soft edges as well wonderful

[Wonderwall]

I loved it, thank you, very down to earth, it looks simple, although it is definitely not.

[humberback]

I like this tutorial, it's pretty straight forward.

[timclayton]

I enjoyed this video, thank you. It is interesting that many of the angle lines remain in the final portrait.

[popisivrika]

Φίλε μου συμπατριώτη σε ευχαριστώ πολύ που απάντησες στο σχολειό μου. Ζωγραφίζω ερασιτεχνικά και παρακολουθώντας την εξαιρετική δουλειά σου έμαθα αρκετά πράγματα. Να είσαι πάντα καλά.

[Michael-hbnq]

I keep coming back to this and the comparative measurement video with the saint Jerome cast.
I would love to see the longer nuanced versions of these, the quality of the work is really amazing.

[bernardmallari]

i am charcoal portrait, anime, painter too, a decent one i can say, i can also copy faces of people.but the way you are doing it, no pencil, the pattern from scratch, is LEVEL INSANE..kudos to you, , more power..

[nvandenhurk]

Could you show more demos with charcole, esspecialy the one you draw from the children.

[Filtersloth]

What a great drawing.
Just a tip for your camera. If you lock the auto-exposure compensation you will stop the camera from flashing bright and dark during your time lapse video.
It jumps up in brightness to try to compensate for your dark shirt appearing in frame.
You’ll also get a more true to life exposure for your drawing by locking the exposure, because the camera has been making the picture brighter as you add more dark charcoal, so we never see how dark it should really get, or how bright.
The ae-l button or just manual mode would work. You might already know that but thought it might be helpful maybe. Please keep making these great videos.

[AlexKellyArtUK]

Great technique. What do you think of Casey Baugh's approach to portraits in charcoal?

[momentarilylapse]

This is a wonderful tutorial and explanation - thank you! I'm wondering, does the charcoal appear this dark in real life, or is that due to the video exposure? I struggle with getting really dark darks in vine charcoal.