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
“ Making Marks with Charcoal In this lesson, I'll go back to the drawings we did with a pencil and explore them a bit further using a different material, using charcoal pencils, which are 6B and are very soft. I'm using them to block in areas to see if anything comes to life and takes me in a different direction. It's worth saying these pencils have soft charcoal. Sometimes it's good to have two or three sharpened in advance so you don't stop every few seconds to sharpen a new pencil. I might be swapping back and forth between the few I've got here. They're very soft. With this drawing, I'l...”
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Course summary for: Drawing From Imagination with Graphite and Charcoal
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Category
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Areas
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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