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