Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

Overview

“To finish this unit, you'll learn how to use graphite powder for deep, smooth values and discover how different erasers—kneadable, precision, and mechanical—offer control for highlights, textures, and sharp details. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Manipulating Graphite 2, 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

“There are multiple ways that we can blend graphite once it's already on the page. First we've just been using brushes but blending stumps are also really really powerful. So I'm going to just use small little circles to apply the graphite onto the paper. And then let's grab a blending stump. So something more of the middle of the row. This is a number three blending stump. This one's clean as well and as you use blending stumps they get more saturated with graphite and they kind of turn into pencils in their own right as well. So there will be a difference with using a clean one and a satur...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing

• Level: Beginner
• 24 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