August 2007
4 posts
Charcoal Sketches - back to basics
Nothing is quite so liberating for an artist - or aspiring artist - than a good light, several large sheets of medium textured drawing stock, and a handful of soft, ‘moderately black’ charcoal sticks. There is something natural, basic, and elementary about working with charcoal sketches. Charcoal as a medium is fast, direct, and responsive. It’s with very good reason that beginning art students...
Charcoal Sketches
Charcoal pencils may well be one of the oldest art forms for creating charcoal sketches. From what I have heard, ancient cave men have been drawing with charcoal since well before the dawn of civilization. Obviously, the originals did not have the sophistication of modern charcoal pencil drawings. They would use crude charcoal sticks pulled from the bottom of fire pits, rubbing them onto the cave...
Charcoal Sketches Made Easy!
Getting started with Charcoal Sketches, Before you begin using charcoal in your artistic endeavors, you need to be aware that there are more than just one type of charcoal to choose from. First of all there is the charcoal pencil. The charcoal pencil is made up of tightly compressed pieces of charcoal that are then wrapped in a plastic or a timber like material. The charcoal that is used in these...
Charcoal Sketches - be taken seriously!
When it comes to drawing or sketching there are a number of instruments that artists can use to transfer their imagination onto a sheet of paper. One medium that is commonly used by artists when they are drawing or creating charcoal sketches is charcoal. Drawing with charcoal is easy and accessible, because the artist can use charcoal to create light grays as well as rich dark blacks, and it is...