Elevate Your Paintings with Charcoal - Techniques and Insights. Acrylics and Mixed Media.

[@TheDanishPainter]

Hello Painters🎨 Have you wondered how to use charcoal in mixed media paintings? Whether you should seal the charcoal before painting on top and how to do it. In this video I would like to answer those questions and show you what I do when working with charcoal and mixed media. Why would we want to seal in the charcoal before painting on top with acrylics or oils? What happens if we don’t ? Have a lovely ad creative week 🌻🌻🌻 - Marie Louise

[@yeshuaiscomingbackrepent2357]

This is EXACTLY what i was looking for! Thank you very much! My first charcoal/acrylic painting will begin in the morning! I will experiment with it. 🎨🖌️

[@edstathis7377]

I work with charcoal quite often and find it's a great medium for expression. I love the moods I can evoke with just a few simple strokes. Yes. It smudges very easily. But that's part of the appeal for me cause I love to work with my fingers and spread the loose charcoal powder around. So much fun to work with! Excellent advice on sealing charcoal. Spot on!! Cheers from New England. 😊

[@christinebarone2151]

Thank you for your easy, gentle teachings. You are a blessing to us all.

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you for the encouragement and kind comments 🌻🌻

[@joannafaraday9124]

I’m so grateful to you for the inspiration. Your voice is so comforting.

[@machinegunsally]

I absolutely love your tutorials, thank you so much for your inspiration!

[@dmortelli1]

Thank you Marie Louise for always sharing your techniques. You do such a great job of explaining things so clearly. I love your work and always look forward to your posts. 🎨🖌️☀️🌙⭐️🌎

[@TheDanishPainter]

Glad they are helpful 🎨

[@grimborn9949]

Never used charcoal in my painting, but, with your tips, it is worth a try. Thanks again 🙏👌👏

[@CarissaVillalovos]

So glad I found this video! Wanted to explore mixed media and now I have a guide to follow!

[@nahidshahravesh5745]

Thank you for sharing your valuable experience. I keep watching your videos over and over. Very inspiring too.

[@fauzirehman288]

Hi , Thank you so much for sharing your informative video! I do charcoal and wanted to know how to use acrylic with my charcoal sketch. I will check your 5 tips video thanks .❤

[@CharmeSouthey]

Thanks for that Louise ...you have answered all my questions!

[@NolaParsons]

Thank you Marie Louise. I really enjoy your videos and painting tips.

[@MartieMc]

I've just started using charcoal with acrylics. Thank you for this ❤

[@pepaperez-enciso516]

Muchas gracias Marie Louise. Tus vídeos son muy interesantes. Mi forma de pintar ha mejorado mucho gracias a ti.😍😍😍

[@lizmccowage8031]

Thanks so much for your instructions, love your work.

[@jansmith574]

Thank you so much, Marie-Louise, for this instructive video. I'm gonna get me a new canvas to try this out.👍

[@TheDanishPainter]

Yay, happy painting!

[@geraldinedavid2442]

Thank you sooo much…for your concise gentle sharing of your technique 😊

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you for the encouragement and kind comment🎨

[@johnmcdylan]

Many thanks. Inspiring as usual.

[@steveccase]

Thank you; I appreciate this so much!

[@PatGillin]

I found this site at just the right time in my life. So much great inspiration and help. I have been doing very tight graphite portraits for the last few years, abandoning any use of color. You have given me courage to get out my watercolors, neocolors and gouache. I am not in a situation to use acrylic so I will make do with the supplies on hand. Do you ever use gouache? Thank you so much for your generosity.

[@TheDanishPainter]

Yes definitely use what you already have and get creative with that. I haven’t really used gouache although I have some… saving them for later I guess (like so many other art supplies but I really should get them out) Thanks for sharing and watching 🌻🌻

[@lindajakub624]

Love it.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Nice suggestions. ❤

[@debajyotirakshit2174]

Very useful information ... thanks for sharing...❗🙏

[@fcruz2012]

Thank you! ❤

[@chandanapathak1602]

You are so giving

[@alvarocastellanoscastellan9631]

gracias profe desde colombia mil grasias Álvaro👍

[@LMAbstractArt]

Loved the video! Thanks!💜

[@MagicMexicoLady]

absolutely gorgeous - what color and brand soft pastels are you using please - I have been having an issue finding a good 'burnt sienna' color.

[@grekori748]

Hello Marie and Thank you so much for this wonderful instructive tips. Can I use charcoal with Oil paint? I mean after the oil paint completely dries and use fixative?

[@tsmall6211]

I am really intrigued by your paintings. I love the looseness! I was wondering, what brand and type of paper are you using? Thank you!

[@jadedenthusiasms]

As always, another wonderful video!! I LOVE charcoal! Its helped me recently to get a few things in my head onto paper. I also love water soluble graphite, which looks awesome if, before sealing it, I use a hard roller and roll some white over it to get some streaks of white but them then gorgeous interesting gray from the graphite. Same with charcoal, but charcoal is a lot darker so, gotta watch how much. I use the fixative spray, but really love the tip about the gloss medium. As I have had issues with it pushing through. Does the gloss affect how I paint over it? Just curious. Thanks SO much for all your help!!🥰

[@M.O.1981]

Thank you.

[@marksaleski9890]

I've had good luck with non-aerosol fixative. I think it's SpectraFix? Not as noxious as the aerosol brands though since the mist is heavier than an aerosol, I put my painting flat for this stage. Kind of a problem with a really large painting.

[@TheDanishPainter]

I didn't know about that product - thank you so much for letting us know. I'll try and see if it's available over here. Thanks again 🌻

[@PınarLevent-b2y]

Is it the same procedure with oil pastels

[@LizzieTobin-fj3gx]

Mange tak for dine flotte malerier. Hilsen fra Frankrig.

[@dollimelaine]

thank you*

[@deborahjohnson4345]

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