Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
Making Marks with Charcoal
A course by Shaun Friend , Visual Artist
About the video: Making Marks with Charcoal
Overview
“Here I will show you how working with charcoal can enhance the sketches, adding a different dimension and opening up alternative opportunities. ”
In this video lesson Shaun Friend addresses the topic: Making Marks with Charcoal, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal . Embrace the freedom of drawing and create art that tells a story through mark making, composition, line work, and tone.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson, I'm going to be going back to the drawings that we've done with pencil and exploring them a little bit further using a different material, using charcoal. these charcoal pencils which are 6B, very soft pencils. and just using them to block in areas and see if anything comes to life, if anything takes me in a different direction. It's worth saying with these pencils, it's a very soft charcoal. So sometimes it pays to have two or three sharpened in advance so that you're not having to stop every few seconds to sharpen it. a new pencil so I might be swapping backwards and fo...”
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Course summary for: Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Shaun Friend
A course by Shaun Friend
Shaun Friend is a visual artist based in the UK. He studied a foundation course in art and design before going on to work as a trainee artist at an advertising agency, learning the basics of typography, layout, and design. This led Shaun to a 25-year career in graphic design which he initially enjoyed but later, felt stifled his creativity. Encouraged by his wife, he returned to drawing and painting, initially as a hobby, and eventually as his full-time job.
Shaun soon began posting his work online and connecting with creatives from all over the world. Since then, he’s exhibited his art which combines a variety of artistic mediums, in Germany, Japan, the UK, and Australia. He also sells his illustrations via his website and shares them with over 140K followers on Instagram.
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