This drawing in vine charcoal is based off an image by inna mikitas from Pixabay. The paper is a brown shade of Canson Mi-Tientes. My intention is add color with soft pastels.
Figure in Charcoal
Human Figure
Follow-Along Figure
This study was done on “Cinnamon” Canson Mi-Teintes (smooth side) in charcoal, soft pastel and pastel pencil. It was based on a demo in Sarah Hoggett’s Drawing & Painting Portraits & Figures: A complete step-by-step course, with 35 projects and 800 photographs.
Picking It Up…
Another hand based on the Crilley book…
More Hand Practice
This speaks for itself, and is based from the awesome book Mark Crilley’s Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands.
Drawing Ears – Graphite Studies
Ears are something I need to practice as well, mostly because I want to get the inner shapes right on a profile-view.
Drawing Eyes – Graphite & Charcoal
I have several books on portrait drawing, and drawing facial features. This is practice drawing eyes, and remembering that eye is actually a ball. The eyelids wrap around the spherical shape of the eyeball.
Drawing Hands – Studies in Graphite
I recently purchased the book Mark Crilley’s Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands, because I have such difficulty drawing hands, particularly fingers. I can look at my left hand and draw it, palm down or palm up, but things like a hand at rest, a hand holding a spoon, a hand on the hip are more challenging.
I think this book will help me — assuming I practice daily.
Here are my first attempts.
Seated Figure in Willow Charcoal
This study was based off a reference photo from an ArtTutor class I took. This is my first time using willow charcoal, which seems to me quite similar to vine charcoal, only it’s black as opposed to dark gray. And it’s a bit harder than the vine charcoal, although both are labeled Medium, and the manufacturer (Winsor) is the same.
Knitting Hands
This work in vine charcoal was based off a reference image by Sabine van Erp from Pixabay.
