Incredible Pencil & Charcoal Drawing Techniques that Change Everything
See how to draw roses with pencil and charcoal as preparatory drawings for oil paintings. Kathleen explains her engagement with roses as a figurative subject for her paintings, providing a comprehensive demo on how to set up the lighting and placement of the roses, how to sharpen & prepare pencil/charcoal supplies, and then how to draw a structural drawing in pencil, and a pictorial drawing in charcoal.
Demo and discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Guest Teaching Artist Kathleen Speranza.
ARTIST LINKS, Kathleen Speranza
TIME STAMPS
00:00 Opening
00:22 Charcoal technique
01:05 Sharpening tools
04:56 Mechanical pencils
06:44 Kneaded erasers
07:31 Eraser sticks
08:17 Pencil hardness
09:33 Paper
10:34 Powdered charcoal
11:11 Seurat’s drawings
11:39 Pan Pastel sponges
12:34 Blending stumps
12:49 Nitram charcoal
15:11