Everything I know about charcoal drawing in one video

Everything I know about charcoal, in one video. 🤗 If you’re a beginner artist and curious about (or frustrated with?) charcoal - this is for you. After some initial ranting about how awesome charcoal is as an art medium, I’m showing you my workspace and all the materials and tools I use. Then I walk you through my entire charcoal drawing process (lots of crows included), from toning the paper to sealing the finished piece with fixative. Get regular emails from me with updates from the studio, creative inspiration, early invites to collection releases, and more: MENTIONED Mad Charcoal YouTube channel: Art Skills Online channel: TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Why I love charcoal 04:24 - My charcoal workstation setup 06:01 - Pan Pastel 06:55 - Vine charcol 07:18 - Charcoal pencils 07:42 - Achieving a “painterly“ look with charcoal 08:14 - Erasers 09:39 - Paper 12:03 - My drawing/painting process (painting a crow in charcoal) 14:58 - Sharpening charcoal pencils 16:57 - How I avoid smudging my charcoal drawings 17:59 - Using spray fixative to seal my drawings 19:34 - How I store my charcoal drawings ABOUT Hi, I’m Louise: a bird loving watercolor & charcoal artist from Sweden. 👋🏻 Subscribe to my channel if you like animal and bird art, drawing tips, watercolor demos and tutorials, art experiments, and personal chats about creativity and the artist’s life. New video every week! FOLLOW ME Email list: Website: LEARN FROM ME I teach classes on sketching and watercolor: MUSIC All music is from Epidemic Sound.