HOW TO DRAW | Basics of Charcoal Drawing for Beginners

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  • @marissateresa_
    @marissateresa_ Před 4 lety +1212

    I bought my nephew a faber castelle charcoal kit and he hasn’t used it because he doesn’t understand charcoal. He is so incredibly talented at only 14 and I want him to live up to his full potential and try every medium out there. Even if I go bankrupt in the process. Lol

    • @miaa1762
      @miaa1762 Před 4 lety +161

      I wish my aunt was this kind, lol!

    • @cate2728
      @cate2728 Před 4 lety +35

      Do it with him if you can!

    • @AlexArtist325
      @AlexArtist325 Před 4 lety +5

      I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.

    • @AlexArtist325
      @AlexArtist325 Před 4 lety

      @BMO I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.

    • @Kaylasdaintydesk
      @Kaylasdaintydesk Před 4 lety +39

      That’s really great of you. Faber Castell is a great brand. I used graphite until I graduated high school because that is what I got compliments on-it was my safe zone. 10 years later colored pencils/pastels are my favorite. Your nephew will grow and will later be thankful he already has the supplies when he’s ready to try something new 👍❤️

  • @dingleberg9581
    @dingleberg9581 Před 3 lety +140

    Your explanation kept me in the flow. You literally saved me hours of trying to figure out how to do charcoal.

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @prakeesatyadas3292
    @prakeesatyadas3292 Před 4 lety +993

    Me: i will sleep early tonight.
    Me at 3am: how to do charcoal painting.

  • @sameulullah8757
    @sameulullah8757 Před 4 lety +634

    I literally just purchased some charcoal pencils and haven't used them because I didn't know how to. Perfect ( but weird ) timing. Love your vids as always!

  • @bleevr
    @bleevr Před 3 lety +90

    Been away from doing charcoal drawings for such a long time (40 yrs). Looking forward to getting back into it since I’m now retired and more time on my hands. Thank you for your videos to help me to get my talent back to where It was so long ago.

  • @driesketels
    @driesketels Před 4 lety +91

    A diamond is nothing more then a piece of charcoal that handled pressure extremely well. Every charcoal drawing therefore has, from a materialistic perspective, the innate ability to become a diamond. That's probably why charcoal is one of my all time favorite mediums. One of the best mediums to start with for beginners as well. As a beginner you have to understand that art has to be one of a kind. It should be precious, extremely rare and unique... It should be like a diamond.
    Great video Kirsty

    • @1ndictus445
      @1ndictus445 Před 4 lety +12

      long stretch but i get the message

    • @driesketels
      @driesketels Před 4 lety +6

      @@1ndictus445 Haha, I know... They say I think too much. :)

    • @evillegend3145
      @evillegend3145 Před 2 lety +1

      Well should not be precious because diamond is pure carbon
      And purest allotrope but charcoal have lumps of impurities and flaws in structure of carbon so it is not that precious and beautifully

  • @matic_3607
    @matic_3607 Před 4 lety +195

    Thanks so much. I have been struggling with my charcoal drawings for a while.

  • @mistyblue526
    @mistyblue526 Před 4 lety +58

    I have never seen an artist who has mastered so many mediums!!

  • @WahWeeWooWah
    @WahWeeWooWah Před 4 lety +89

    I’ve been drawing with charcoal for years and never knew about that cool eraser pen! My world just changed, charcoal drawing wise.
    Amazing work! 💕

    • @AlexArtist325
      @AlexArtist325 Před 4 lety

      I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.

    • @utsavkadia
      @utsavkadia Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/pODv1uRfH44/video.html

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @cieraadams6067
    @cieraadams6067 Před 4 lety +315

    When you were erasing to put in the highlight and the charcoal was beading up, I almost blew on my screen to get the eraser gunk away 😂😂😂

  • @MissDancingllama
    @MissDancingllama Před 2 lety +4

    charcoal is probably my favourite medium for drawing. its so forgiving and creates the best b/w contrast

  • @edzejandehaan9265
    @edzejandehaan9265 Před 4 lety +26

    I love charcoal. You are very skilled. I like willow charcoal for the first layer, because it is so easy to lift. For definite dark shadows you can go in with soft compressed carcoal, that is more difficult to erase.

  • @vimiyui
    @vimiyui Před 4 lety +7

    Hi! i just wanted to say that i absolutely love you channel and the content you make! I'm taking Fine Arts course on college and as a freshman, i was so excited to learn and improve my art, but one of the professors wasn't really telling us what to do to improve our drawings, he's an amazing artist, i won't deny that. But for people like us having troubles with our drawing, we were struggling to improve. But videos like yours here on CZcams truly helped me cope up with our subject. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!

  • @bonigelfand8925
    @bonigelfand8925 Před 3 lety +7

    Excellent! To the point no nonsense, shows all the materials, what to do, very informative.💐

  • @keelinsca6139
    @keelinsca6139 Před 3 lety +11

    I love drawing a one day decided to draw a dog then I thought it would be better in charcoal so I dug out my old needed rubber, graphitone and charcoal set now I know how to use them thanks so much!

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @G-Man000
    @G-Man000 Před měsícem +2

    On behalf of my CZcams channel; thank you for giving me an art idea. 👍🏾

  • @mjpete27
    @mjpete27 Před 4 lety +8

    Kristy, you are a truly inspirational and talented artist, I know that this comes from hard work and I appreciate how generous you are with your time and expertise! Thank you for sharing another quality video I wish you many subscribers and hope your Patreon continues to do well!

  • @helikaon5
    @helikaon5 Před 4 lety +3

    You do really gorgeous work. I've been working in mechanical pencil for my whole life, and I thought it might be time to grow up lol. Thank you for the help!

  • @ralphzurita2091
    @ralphzurita2091 Před 4 lety +10

    Love your videos! You continue to create quality tutorials that are legitimately easy to follow but that greatly help improve my technique. Amazing.

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @nvdwal1355
    @nvdwal1355 Před 4 lety +10

    This was so helpful! I tried charcoal before but I never came out good.. Now I feel confident to try again!

  • @thewonderlander1372
    @thewonderlander1372 Před 4 lety +7

    This is a cool tutorial . My Abuelita just found this old charcoal set of like 4 charcoal blocks basically unopened and I’m watching tutorials for tips.

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @hannahholley1359
    @hannahholley1359 Před rokem +6

    Omg, thank you! This tutorial was super thorough and easy to understand!

  • @yelsyels
    @yelsyels Před 4 lety +5

    You are amazing! Love your work! Thank you for sharing your techniques...appreciated!

  • @donnawalter3061
    @donnawalter3061 Před 4 lety +3

    A beautiful drawing kirsty, I do love your charcoal/graphite art work, I think that's my favourite medium that you use. They always look like photos. 👍😘😘😘

  • @LerlCreates
    @LerlCreates Před 4 lety +40

    Do you ever use charcoal as a subtractive medium rather than additive? I've had a lot of fun with creating dark backgrounds and using mostly erasers to create drawings. This was a great video, definitely makes me want to play more with this medium.

  • @kucingberdebu
    @kucingberdebu Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you so much for the video! My art teacher gave me her charcoal stick and I'm super interested in charcoal drawing, this video helps me so much to know the basics

  • @konradfernandez2922
    @konradfernandez2922 Před 3 lety +1

    Lovely video, great explanation and illustration Kirsty! You are amazingly talented!!

  • @claritzairosario68
    @claritzairosario68 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for this video! I bought a set of Charcoal drawing set, and I have no idea how to use it. But now, with this video, I try those method to draw something beautiful! Many thanks 🥰🥰🥰

  • @jarolda69
    @jarolda69 Před 4 lety +1

    I just started watching you videos today. Im now your biggest fan. You are a great teacher

  • @allisonjames2923
    @allisonjames2923 Před 2 lety

    Every time I watch one of your videos it reminds me what an amazing artist you are. Thanks for the tutorial 💕

  • @langamaphumulo5009
    @langamaphumulo5009 Před 4 lety +18

    I have never seen anything like this!,It's so perfect it looks impossible to achieve by someone else other than you.

  • @newninja5281
    @newninja5281 Před 3 lety +5

    This is so helpful. Thank you for making this!

  • @deejohnson827
    @deejohnson827 Před 4 lety +3

    These are really helpful hints, Kirsty. Thanks for sharing!

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @randyrobinson2369
    @randyrobinson2369 Před 6 dny

    Nice intro for us new folks with charcoal!

  • @JNH.animasi
    @JNH.animasi Před 4 lety +65

    Drawing with charcoal??
    There are 3 things we should have :
    1. Blending material
    2.erasing material
    3. Wipes (for the drawing and our hands ☺)

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @keithrobertson2972
    @keithrobertson2972 Před 3 lety

    There's something magical about black and white thanks for sharing Khristy 👌

  • @rahulrajan2172
    @rahulrajan2172 Před 4 lety +1

    Great tutorial for beginners like me to develop charcoal drawing skills. Thanks a lot . God bless you .

  • @trishcuster3343
    @trishcuster3343 Před 4 lety

    Love your brush technique!

  • @markrolandcena6547
    @markrolandcena6547 Před rokem

    I learned a lot just by watching this video. Charcoal drawing is the art of producing finished drawings and sketchy studies using charred sticks of wood; property of charcoal as a medium is that it is ephemeral, readily wiped, or smudged.

  • @lenns_artwork
    @lenns_artwork Před 4 lety

    Lovely charcoal drawing ,Kirsty, love it very much💙🌺🌷🌻

  • @pipershaw2315
    @pipershaw2315 Před 4 lety +3

    she’s so talented!

  • @PirateOfTheNorth
    @PirateOfTheNorth Před 4 lety

    I just got a charcoal set for Christmas but have no idea how to work with charcoal. Thanks for this tutorial I can’t wait to try out these techniques

  • @clayitnow
    @clayitnow Před rokem

    Love your tutorial and subscribe to your channel straight away after watching this video. So much to learn from your channel😍🤗

  • @tonywang384
    @tonywang384 Před 3 lety +3

    that's totally awesome content introducing the basics for beginners, i think that first of all the necessary equipments of charcoal should be well-prepared

  • @bonniejautry77
    @bonniejautry77 Před 4 lety +2

    this video was very helpful. i wanted something to do today and i said to myself "why not practice my charcoal!" and i did and your video was awesome.

  • @ddmr44
    @ddmr44 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you. Very informative, very useful!

  • @scarlieweow8071
    @scarlieweow8071 Před 3 lety +1

    thank you so much , trying to draw a charcoal hand rn and this was rlly useful

  • @mehreenhossainchowdhury1672

    how is she so.good at so many mediums 😭

  • @thetwelfthhourartist5980

    I got charcoal sticks sometime back and i was totally blank about how to start. Thanks for this one on a very perfect time

  • @rjb4683
    @rjb4683 Před 2 lety +2

    What a brilliant drawing!

  • @nanaakuaasantewaaaffram3271

    Thank you for great content as always.😊🔥❤️

  • @artracketmritunjay6634
    @artracketmritunjay6634 Před 4 lety +6

    It's really very helpful and easy to learn how to draw
    Thanks for sharing

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @jackiebabin3313
    @jackiebabin3313 Před 3 lety

    Awesome. Very informative and understandable. Nice job

  • @AmazingArtisticSpidey
    @AmazingArtisticSpidey Před 4 lety +2

    Love your art videos Kirsty. You’ve inspired me so much as an artist. You’re so talented. Thanks for sharing.

  • @A-zer
    @A-zer Před 8 měsíci

    This was very informative on the drawing process. Thank you for the tips!

  • @danabarakat1816
    @danabarakat1816 Před 2 lety

    I am definitely getting back to charcoal now! Will get supplies soon, great video :)

  • @artgeometrix6346
    @artgeometrix6346 Před 5 měsíci

    Such a cool tutorial here. I really like the overall balance of this work. Very good job here.

  • @catherinegirard8339
    @catherinegirard8339 Před 10 měsíci

    Beautiful! Thank you for the tutorial 💗

  • @NAVINARTSTUDIO123
    @NAVINARTSTUDIO123 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow beautiful painting and ideas

  • @PoloWolf47
    @PoloWolf47 Před 4 lety +43

    When I started watching this vid I thought "ok just a person good at drawing birds"
    Then I see your other drawings and pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming 😂

    • @AlexArtist325
      @AlexArtist325 Před 4 lety

      I'm also drawing, using charcoal you also visit my channel.

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @cloudsofsunset7323
    @cloudsofsunset7323 Před 4 lety

    I just love your videos of charcoal. I am open to any kind of tips about it

  • @parvaiznaseem8831
    @parvaiznaseem8831 Před 3 lety +2

    Great Tutorial! So sorry that I had missed it last year.

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @Scaredy-cats6812
    @Scaredy-cats6812 Před 2 měsíci

    11:29 this video is great I am doing a school project and I choose charcoal drawing thank you this was great ❤

  • @daisy5170
    @daisy5170 Před 9 měsíci

    I will watch your video again! Very helpful! I am just starting, would love to see another beginner video.

  • @sarahjanelinden
    @sarahjanelinden Před 3 lety +1

    I use eyeshadow applicator sponge for blending and it's really good ☺

  • @MASoaresFineArt
    @MASoaresFineArt Před 4 lety +1

    Muito bom vídeo! Boa explicação, parabéns!👏👏👏

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing...

  • @CHANTIP
    @CHANTIP Před rokem

    amazing job! thank you - love your accent too, watching from USA.

  • @hufanojason7029
    @hufanojason7029 Před 4 lety +3

    Very helpful for Beginners like me😂 thanksss to this❤

  • @vladzubac5360
    @vladzubac5360 Před 3 lety

    incredible talent!!!

  • @ashtonlow202
    @ashtonlow202 Před 6 měsíci

    This channel is neat! Glad I found it.

  • @tasneemkhergoonwala703

    Excellent guidance for charcoal

  • @vguido0757
    @vguido0757 Před 2 lety

    Great video. Thanks for the tips.

  • @ysatyadivy
    @ysatyadivy Před 4 lety

    😍thank you very much for sharing this video.

  • @user-og4vc1wh7d
    @user-og4vc1wh7d Před 4 lety

    I am a beginner painter I started learning with pencil and will never soon learn charcoal painting your lessons are beautiful, simple and wonderful

  • @rituarora6254
    @rituarora6254 Před rokem

    Thank u .. such a nice description

  • @thrupthi.manjunath62
    @thrupthi.manjunath62 Před 4 lety

    Your drawings are really amazing

  • @emmanuelhope3676
    @emmanuelhope3676 Před 4 lety

    thanks kirsty.i love that

  • @buvanekagunasekare5681

    Very informative. Thank you.

  • @nazimamohammed1689
    @nazimamohammed1689 Před 4 lety

    Your tips were very helpful...thank u

  • @misstricksmix
    @misstricksmix Před 4 lety +1

    Nice tutorial !

  • @yashironene3115
    @yashironene3115 Před 3 lety +14

    5:57 If you go on playback speed pick 1.5 if you're on a time crunch and want to see the drawing in charcoal process

  • @rawantharwat2480
    @rawantharwat2480 Před 4 lety

    This video came in the right time since i bought charcoal last thursday for the first time

  • @nonutnat
    @nonutnat Před 3 lety +4

    10/10 made first drawing with this technic and it was amazing ofcourse it wasn’t perfect as the reference 😅 but I will continue to practice

  • @yelsyels
    @yelsyels Před 4 lety +2

    I love flowers so maybe a video with the techniques used in this video doing more flowers?

  • @AlessandroZir
    @AlessandroZir Před rokem

    VERY useful! many thanks;

  • @navinarts8487
    @navinarts8487 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow👍 really amazing work of bird

  • @sahilprajapati5991
    @sahilprajapati5991 Před 4 lety +1

    Your drawing is amazing

  • @CharlesLing
    @CharlesLing Před rokem

    Good tutorial. Subscribed

  • @JeffHynes
    @JeffHynes Před rokem

    You have an amazing talent.

  • @Nadia-se2ev
    @Nadia-se2ev Před 3 lety

    my mum gifted me with a charcoal drawing set that i didn't know how to use😂, thank you so much, now i can use it 💖

  • @MathPuzzleGame
    @MathPuzzleGame Před 2 lety

    Amazing art

  • @anitaroom
    @anitaroom Před 2 lety

    You are saving my life and my gpa thank you

  • @Alice-uh9dx
    @Alice-uh9dx Před 4 lety +1

    I love your vids 😍😍

  • @seth-leong-scott3474
    @seth-leong-scott3474 Před 3 lety +5

    me who was alr halfway into my charcoal drawing when I saw this vid. "Stay away from using smooth papers." My paper is smooth. ..."well, shit."

  • @stevejonesll1399
    @stevejonesll1399 Před rokem

    Wow your art Is beautiful

  • @abdullahsiddiqui795
    @abdullahsiddiqui795 Před 4 lety +4

    Interesting... Thank u for guidance

    • @chingching213
      @chingching213 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/5G4ira4_7hQ/video.html charcoal drawing

  • @ni2571
    @ni2571 Před 4 lety +2

    What is your favorite charcoal pencil set? And do you recommend using a fixative to seal the drawing?

  • @stephenl.han-awon5860

    This video is very helpful. You can learn how to make sharp edges. You will know what brushes you need to use to improve your work. You will also learn the technique to improve your charcoal drawing.

  • @patriciareilly7219
    @patriciareilly7219 Před 2 lety +2

    Such great videos to help my art students when they are working from home doing homework or in isolation due to COVID. Thank you Kristy for creating such fab videos. More polished than I have time to make.
    Patricia Reilly
    Head of Visual Arts
    St Patrick's College, Kilbirnie
    Wellington, New Zealand🙂

  • @zsannart4926
    @zsannart4926 Před 2 lety

    I use my hands as tools aswell. 😊
    I don't mind the mess 😇
    Love your work 😍