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Basics Of Charcoal Drawing That You Should Know

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Basics of charcoal drawing

Charcoals come out in different forms. Some are dark and some are soft. Either way, Charcoals are very good for drawings with deep shadows as it gives rich black tones for your drawings. Below is what you need to know about Charcoals.

The different types of charcoal

  • Willow and vine charcoal: They are long, wispy strips and can be used for light drawings. They are very delicate and do not provide a dark shade compared to other charcoal. 
  • Compressed charcoal: Best suitable for drawing fine lines and textures and is harder compared to other charcoals. 
  • Powdered charcoal: It is dusty and needs a paintbrush or cloth to use it.

Some other supplies you needed while using charcoal are paper, white eraser, kneaded eraser, chamois, and tortillon. Also, be careful to use these following tips for charcoal drawing:

  • Don’t go too dark.
  • Try experimenting with different materials.
  • Keep your paper clean.

Go through these basics of charcoal drawings and create beautiful pictures.

5 Tips for charcoal drawing

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charcoal drawing

Charcoal drawing is a technique which makes use of charred sticks to get a beautiful output. There are some tips with which you can improve your charcoal drawing and we are going to list them down below.

  • Find the essence: It is important to create the main idea or essence of drawing. The main idea is what the image is about, and what you want to say with it.
  • Learn the value of value: Value refers to the difference in light to dark shade on a range of one to ten.
  • Squint: Squint is the idea of simplifying your drawings. Squinting also helps to see simple shapes easily and add more essence to drawing.
  • Explore thick and thin lines: If every line is drawn with the same width it gives a monotonous look. The rule is to draw lines on top of things as thinner and underneath objects as thicker.
  • Use an eraser: Charcoal drawings are easy to control. Use an eraser to easily remove or erase what is not needed in your drawings.

Follow these simple tips and techniques for beautiful drawings.