Love your work and your honesty

THANK YOU !!!!!

bravo man, youre so cool!

Thank you so much! Could I use a super smooth paint roller to apply finishes?

gorgeous work, and so helpful, thank you!

Wow! What a masterpiece! I love it so much! Thank you for sharing your process, the results are so stunning! I am in love with your art. I will certainly give a try at charcoal on a canvas!

Where do I purchase a print

Wow...its brilliant...do you gesso the canvas to get a smooth canvas

Excellent work

You’re really good😮

Hi great artist the 1st level of work is maden with charcoal or graphite??? Tks by now

Joel, love your work and your videos! Thank you! One question- can you erase back to white or lift the charcoal after the acetone? And what about lifting after the first fixative ? Thanks a million . I gave a big piece on my easel and would hate to wreck it!!

IMPORTANT QUESTION: I'm a graphite portrait artist and desire to do my portraits on smooth gesso board, for archival purposes. Do you know if I can use your same sealing technique for my work?

Your work is sooooo dramatic and impactful. Thank you for sharing. Just a quick technical question, If you are working on an Ipad, how do you keep the screen from turning on and off every few minutes?

This is an awesome tutorial. I learned a lot. What brand of brushes do you use for the initial wash? I cannot wait yo try it.

Dude im im jamming out over here.

Do you provide tutorials?

Hey Joel, This is Jimmy Smith art, I think it's showing up to you as Laura Smith, my wife. But anyway, Could you tell me what kind or what brand of white pencil that works best on on canvas charcoal drawings? Does pastel & chalk pencils work as good as charcoal pencils? Also how many times can you workable fix your canvas drawings. Some times I'll go 4 times, reckon that cool?

Good job

Big wow !! Respect ✊🏿 from Africa !!

Awesome work Joel. I'm so inspired now. I am experimenting with acrylics just now and stumbled upon your video. I just need to find what I want to paint now, I'm dying to try this technique. Thank you. x

Subscribed because man, look at that art. I'm also interested in this sealing method in particular. Is the isolation coat a general acrylic medium layer, or is there something specific about the soft gel that makes it work?

Paint the fence, Daniel-San! Came here looking for the proper way to fix charcoal drawings; got a good solution for that, and also appreciated the fantastic art and the revelation of charcoal on canvas. I mean, I can't think why not, but it never occurred to me before...

THANK YOU SO MUCH I GOT THE ANSWER I NEEDED. I SHOULD HAVE SEARCH LONG TIME AGO. ABOUT COATING CHARCOAL ART WORK. 😂😂😂

❤❤❤THIS IS BEAUTIFUL I LOVE IT. AWESOME JOB

Thanks for sharing. GOD BLESS YOU

Among the factors that you stated for the over hunting of the bison, one of which was the 'One less buffalo is one less Indian' program... they were trying to starve out the plains Natives. Very sad part of american history. They don't teach the important stuff in public schools.

Hi Joel. I just found your channel. Your work is amazing. I was wondering if you have to prepare a canvas to accept charcoal? Do you use a ground or does the canvas have enough tooth as is?

Hi Joel so so stocked I stumbled upon you!!! Love your work! I too love working with charcoal but have only done a couple of drawings thus far. Making a living from my passion would be amazing! I’d love to watch all your videos from start to finish on how you apply & work your charcoal/mediums. I love attention to detail & realism is definitely my style. Why I love your work so much! Can’t wait to watch your series of videos 🙏🏼😁 thank you from Australia Bridget

Absolutely beautiful! I’ve just been doing charcoal for a little while never thought I could I could get away with using acrylic ! Fantastic! I really enjoy your videos and never stop learning, Thank you!❤

Thank you!

Thanks for the explanation! I just now discovered your work on Instagram, and of course, the first reaction is a question instead of a compliment for your extraordinary art! (I'm a why girl. 🤷‍♀️) I am a poor excuse of a sketches, but my watercolors bring me joy. I hope your work brings you as much joy as I find in looking at all the wonderful animals you create. 💜

What does acetone do?

Im real curious...where sre you purchasing your canvases? Are you stretching your own? If so what material?

Wow!!! Spectacular. I’m speechless

Watching you work , not only did I learn technique but I’ve also taken in a great sense of discipline , a pure sense of service , and the benefits of physical fitness . You are a great man ! And by the time I learn and start fully painting in charcoal I hope to become like you ! Full of Stoic sense of being mixed with discipline and creativity .if I wasn’t in Ethiopia I would have purchased a print !! But I hope that my honest heartfelt words become your currency.

Wow i just found your channel. Do you spray the canvas before you start to dtaw .thanks

I'm blown away again by your art thank you for sharing your gift

Wow! What a powerful and beautiful song work!!! I have loved each video you do. Keep on bringing joy with your amaz talents ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Joel, you influenced me to switch to Charcoal on canvas I found it more practical and I got addicted to it. Greatly appreciate your insightful demonstrations. cheers man, your talent is unbelievable

I love Charcoal. I want to eventually have one done of my Newfoundland.

I have Krylon Workable Fixatif, would that work the same? 🤔

Made it 100likes

Sir please 🥺 tell me if I can only use liquitex satin varnish on charcoal sketch

sir please tell me which varnish you can use for chacoal drawing plz plz tell me

do you have any issues with the varnish flattening the values? i tried using a matte varnish on a charcoal sketch to see what would happen and it felt like all the values got leveled out. i was using a few different materials so could be that too

Hi can I ask if you can use a small sponge roller credible work. Really beautiful.

I don’t know why I haven’t really done this before, but I came across your video when I had the thought to do more work with drawing all of CT he detail and glazing rather than predominantly painting a subject. I don’t want to limit myself to one particular style so I’m looking for variation. This is the first video I’ve found which was exactly what I was searching for, so thank you. How much more specific could I have gotten then by searching “detailed drawing under oil glazes”? 🫠

Why did you spray the acetone?

Wow!