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I'd like to try it. Subscribed

Awesome advice. New sub.

You developed your own beautiful style. ❤ fantastic 👏

If all else fails finding a live modle look in the mirror and draw yourself.....

Very inspiring channel. I find some of the art community to be kind of... meh, pretentious, inflated, sometimes gatekeeping. I used to draw a lot as a child, later on a bit less, then I stopped and did it only ocassionally. Now I'm coming back to it, I usually draw people. Sometimes I feel that it's useless, that there is no point in doing it but I guess it is what it is. If you're drawn to do it, you will do it no matter how you sometimes feel about it. Charcoal seems to work well with my personality. Thanks for the videos

Thats VERY GOOD advice to go MANY incomplete to the last detail portraits. I will make it my goal 2024. thanks

01:00 - best insight I've heard when it comes to practice and it's something I'll keep in mind every time I attempt to draw portraits. I've always wondered why I struggle to draw freehand. Now it makes sense to me. I've developed good techniques for rendering, but my ability to abstract reality to draw the underlying construction of my subject is severely lacking. I get bogged down with seeing details and my tendency is to render as I construct. Forcing myself to just practice the construction in my journal can hopefully detach me from the tendency to focus on details.

I love your drawing style and this advice. Would you share how do you find so many references to practice so much, and different viewpoints, expressions and lighting?

Your voice very soothing and the content reassuring I’m a rank amateur, but loving it

“We’re all doing this because we love to draw” Whoa there, let’s not make too many assumptions.

Thank you for this helpful video.

Good points for portrait drawings.

I gave up drawing after watching this video . This guy is incredible.

Ai is better who cares anymore?

That Rod Sterling voice combined with instructional wisdom makes for the perfect learning platform in which to grow in skill and knowledge. Well done. I'm inspired to persevere in this new, artistic journey that I am on. Thank you, Mr. Haines.

really nice!! im a teenager and i used to draw lots of realism for school credits but after a while i got bored and started drawing more semi-realism to anime art so i forgot most my skills

Wow amazing 😮

You're very honest and I appreciate you and your video.

Thank you!!

Fantastic process! Appreciate the way you feel out the form. Thanks for the inspiring demo. One thing I see on the photo is that the lips are slightly pursed, which affects the curve of the line under the top lip.

At 13:35 you lift out highlights with a kneaded eraser. My experience has been mild so far trying to do this with charcoal. It is way more greyish than this. Is it a matter of paper quality?

Excellent advice; to work more on the quick studies then trying to do complete portraits when starting off. Thanks!

"If it's really terrible, you'll never see this" AHAHAHAH

Great video!

Good Work. I drew along with you and made my first face that look amazing. This inspires me to make a better one. Greatly appreciated.

ASMR voice says wise things that help me relax about my weird methods. Thank you!

ASMR voice says wise things that help me relax about my weird methods. Thank you!

A very informative and educational video! Thank you Jeff!

Amazing! From childhood I always wanted to be an artist but my perfectionism has always got the best of me. Watching your videos has inspired me to continue to try. It’s like you’re speaking to my soul. Please keep making videos.

your talks are great! more videos pls

Merci beaucoup 😀

Thank you!

Have you ever tried powdered charcoal? It makes for interesting effects, but forget spraying it with fixative. It just blows away. This video was very helpful. Your work is beautiful and I am inspired to get my charcoals out again.

Great video, great advice! Your voice sounds like Bryan Cranston too

This helped alot !! totally agree sir! 👍your work is beautiful !

Thank you!

Вальсирующий уголь-это великолепно!❤

I agree and appreciate all your instructions. Very good!

This is so helpful thank you! Do you have any brands you would recommend?

You’ve been doing this for some time. Yes? Your skill and ease with the medium is obvious. What is interesting and something your viewers should be aware is the finished drawing is not a replica or ‘exact’ copy. It is an interpretation. An artists rendition. It is not a photographic copy. And it is not meant to be. What is most important to know is perfection is not the aim. If you will, John S. Sargent had this ability. His drawings were more paintings in charcoal while remaining a drawing. An astonishing ability I have never been able to duplicate. Or come close to achieving. Of course, personality and aim has a great deal to do with it. Thank you for sharing you skill and ability with us.

My first comment is your voice. I can listen to you recite the phone book. Very sultry and deep. Second I have used compressed charcoal for years and only after watching your videos did I move into vine or natural charcoal. Man, what a difference! Thanks for this vid. I now use both. Start with vine and finish with compressed. I don’t like fixing charcoal. Leaves a dotted effect Oh! And it is messy. But a wonderful drawing medium.

Hi Jeff! I love your videos, your approach towards charcoals and your sense of humor! Thank you for the great insights and I keep confusing your voice with Marshal Vandruff's! You two sound so similar, it's insane! Even your intonations! wow

Great video. Thank you!

Very well explained- thanks for sharing!

For the love of god will someone please explain what kind of paper to use? This seemingly simple thing is hard to find an answer for lol

C'est rare de tomber sur une video aussi claire , heureusement que les sous titres sont disponible , le français que je suis n'aurait pas pu profiter de cette video interessante . Merci

which size of sketches are those which you showed in video

Wonderful lesson, thank you so much.

As a beginner it's extremely useful to see the drawing process of professional artists like you. I tend to get too focused on the details, so it's fascinating to observe how you construct the face. There's so much to learn from this video. Many thanks.

this man is so wise