Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“Now that you’ve gone over the basic tools, I will teach you how to use them. Specifically, I’ll talk about the many ways you can manipulate graphite to achieve textures and depth in your artwork. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Manipulating Graphite 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing. Master Pencil and Charcoal by focusing on light, shadow, and proportion to create expressive, realistic drawings.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we're going to be learning how to manipulate graphite. So this is one of the first fun stages of us actually seeing the techniques in order to get those beautiful results that we're looking for. First thing I need to do though is to prepare some graphite powder, which is a really big part of my drawing process. What you're going to need for that is some sandpaper. So I'm using a coarse sandpaper here. This is a 60 grit, which isn't too important. It can be either 60 or 80. The lower the grit, the more coarse the sandpaper will be and it will remove more graphite more quickly...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 157 students
• 6 units
• 82 lessons (15h 40m)
• 53 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration