Drawing a portrait in charcoal
Nathan Fowkes
Join Nathan Fowkes in this inspirational and practical video as he demonstrates how to draw a portrait in charcoal, focusing on composition, tools and techniques, and how to achieve a stunning tonal effect in black and white.
Lizet Dingemans draws model Tim's head in perspective, enhancing and designing the portrait pose (rather than simply copying what we see). Materials: willow charcoal and black pastel pencil on charcoal toned white paper.
How do you draw what you can't see? In this totally free session, Lizet Dingemans shows us how to draw a portrait when dramatic shadow hides visual information. With charcoal and model Bethany.
In this week's 1-hour portrait drawing session, Lizet Dingemans be toning a white paper before drawing a single 1-hour pose of Selena using charcoal.
