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Drawing-Charcoal-Clothed Male Seated - 2013

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Description

In this charcoal drawing demonstration Steve provides techniques for rendering detail in the portraiture as well as methods for addressing the clothing. Key concepts in this demonstration are: techniques tips for using charcoal pencil and compressed charcoal; how two lines work together to create form; use of descriptive line; simplicity in addressing the clothing; using and controlling value.

Index

00:00:26 - Touch paper lightly with the pencil

00:01:16 - When we draw the clothed figure we draw the nude figure

00:02:26 - When drawing the beard draw the jaw first then add the beard

00:03:44 - Use the head for making scale and size measurements

00:06:00 - Negotiating the wedge of the nose

00:11:22 - Going to the universe using compressed and vine charcoal

00:13:04 - Creating form and planes with an eraser

00:15:10 - Cleaning up the light side so middle tones read better

00:17:53 - Descriptive line

00:20:36 - Using pencil to create final darks

00:23:48 - Using your finger to change value

00:28:25 - How to take measurements

00:29:50 - One line against another to create form and beauty

00:30:20 - Describing the rib cage

00:32:36 - Finding scale for the hand

00:39:43 - Less is more in conveying the essential

00:41:35 - Choosing descriptive line

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