👩‍🎨Expressive Charcoal Drawing Demo: Portrait.

[@SketchingScottie]

Love it! Very expressive hair strokes👍🏼

[@zinlimart]

Glad you like it!

[@damnedindarkness6406]

Did anyone else notice that at 4:44 the sound of the charcoal on paper is on the same beat with the music? So satisfying

[@zinlimart]

Listening to the music during drawing it happens sometimes.

[@ChelseaLang]

Your work is so inspiring, and this portrait is no exception! I always try to channel you when drawing. Thank you so much for sharing your work here. :)

[@zinlimart]

Thank you so much 😀

[@davidsilverhawk3732]

Every time I see your tutorials I am blown away by the magic you weave!!! So outstanding!!! When I get the money I will definitely will take your course, even though I saw deeper into your wonderful technique !!!!!!

[@zinlimart]

Thank you so much!

[@iamu2247]

My gf already knows what these video uploads are by the sound of the charcoal hitting the paper. She asked "Are you watching 'the guy who makes random lines that magically become a face' again?". 😊 😂

[@KEVIN-yf9ln]

U Fone lollll

[@zinlimart]

Thanks for both of you for liking the sound!!!

[@ashokpradhan1980]

You are a great master in Charcoal art

[@kojo5928]

Great to see you back Master Zin! 🙌

[@zinlimart]

Hey, thanks!

[@salseritosoy]

Cada trazo donde debe estar. Excelente trabajo maestro!

[@mcarmengomezdelucas3756]

Extraordinario retrato

[@PaigeEscapes]

This is stunning- absolutely incredible watching the face come to life . Thank you so much for sharing

[@zinlimart]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@samzie67]

I think I've just learned more about angles than everything I've tried to learn in the past two years!

[@4729311]

Felicitaciones eres de los pocos que con cada vídeo demostrativo, uno aprende muchísimo sin necesidad de palabras, para mi uno de los mejores de la Web, muchas gracias por compartir y enseñar tus conocimientos, eres gran artísta del retrato saludos desde Ecuador !!

[@davidsilverhawk3732]

Wow ,thank you for sharing your gift!!!

[@zinlimart]

You are so welcome

[@deandreconners4415]

Outstanding job I love it looking forward next video

[@zinlimart]

Coming soon!

[@deandreconners4415]

Sound good

[@drawingclasswithkalyan394]

Wounderful artwork,wounderful techniques, thanks for sharing

[@zinlimart]

My pleasure 😊

[@marcelomunante9442]

¡Amigo eres un capo! Aprecio mucho tu arte y estoy aprendiendo de tí. Muchas gracias. Un abrazo desde Perú.

[@haykrossonero5425]

You are a great!Bravissssssimo.Beautiful picture.

[@zinlimart]

Thank you so much 😀

[@LucaCRaimondo]

Simply wonderful!

[@zinlimart]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sanjaykambleart8195]

Great job...are you started with compressed Charcoal or wine Charcoal?

[@SketchStack]

You did very beautifully man.. great work 👍

[@alvinrylin981]

I love it!

[@alaingirardot2406]

Thank you for this wonderful demo..Happy to see you back....

[@zinlimart]

Thank you too!

[@caileanparis9998]

Thanks for uploading this, its very helpful :)

[@zinlimart]

Glad it was helpful!

[@trevorcrabtree3476]

Such a large inspiration! Got me into working with charcoal, it’s my new love. Thank you for the uploads, advice, and astounding works.

[@zinlimart]

You are so welcome!

[@basiliocrespogarcia-baquer4309]

Maravilloso.

[@rickotap3859]

Let me try to break down your process: 1.[until 3:30] Basic construction. No features, just building a frame to work on. You also put down lines where certain edges of high contrast are, like around the nostril and the left side of the the forehead. 2.[until 6:00] laying down core-shadows and big areas of shade, a lot darker than I would dare to do, absolutly fearless. You're not seperating between features still, it seems its only value you focus on here. For example, you put down the shadows of the right side of the face with the same strokes you use to 'color in' the hair. You also start to use some shadows to refine shapes, like the profile of the face. Everything remains very 2D at this stage. 3. [until ~11:20] A remix of putting down smaller areas of dark values, both very dark (eye) and more mid tone(around the nose), and softening shadows. The face starts to become more 3D and you hint at more detail. You start to focus on getting the values right, sometimes using your blendig stump to draw lighter values. 4. [until 12:35]Refining Dark areas, this time seperating the face and neck from the hair by giving them the darker value. 5. [until 21:50]Starting to work on detail by using your clean(ish) blending stump almost like an eraser to reveal lighter tones in small areas, and lines of coal for tiny dark shadows. Fine tuning shapes, and creating the shapes of the mouth. Softening of the skin. 6. [until 26:26]Creating highlights using your kneaded eraser, and blending them in. Using the coal pencil, you give texture and direction to the hair. You also use the pencil to blend in the dark shadows of the face, using soft hatching with its side. 7. [until end] Finishing touches. You return to detail and softening (basically 5.). You use your kneaded eraser a little more. Some Quetions: Well, did I get it about right? ':D Any special reasons why you waited so long to work on the mouth? Most importantly, any tips to better identify important shadows, especially in this incremental from-bigger-to-smaller-areas-kinda way you seem to do it? Great work, I love your channel :)

[@zinlimart]

Thanks for serious watching! Yes, the break downs are what I basically use for charcoal and oil in impressionism approach. Q: 'Any special reasons why you waited so long to work on the mouth'? A: I like to use eyes more to deliver emotion and seldom refine mouth in my personal works. So, I tend to postpone for drawing mouth and ear. Q: 'any tips to better identify important shadows'? A: I try to be confident at what I capture even if the shape's not accurate.

[@rickotap3859]

@@zinlimart I guess this confidence only comes with a lot of practice... Thanks a lot for your Answer! ❤️

[@nero5592]

AWESOME!!!

[@zinlimart]

Glad you think so!

[@aaftabkhan6297]

Amazing no doubt 🥂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@franciscojgamboa8176]

Zim lin ?why are you so cruel with me? You give me no chance to express my self you make me have no words to express my self you are so delicate and professional on your portraits congratulations to make ✨ so beatiful portraits from Francisco San Diego California

[@O00oo0o0o]

Love your work!

[@zinlimart]

Thank you!

[@coolshah1662]

Fucking fantastic! Learnt so much from this. I use a very hard hard with the paper-stump. You use it with a delicate hand at times, which is a great technique to adopt. Also, love the rough look of the sketches. This gives the portraits an aged photograph look. Never got the obsession with hyper-realism. Not my thing. This on the other hand is great! Thank you again!

[@oart2472]

Hello there. These paintings are so cute, I love them! I also like to paint like this.

[@elianerogers811]

merci beaucoup

[@cacyregala1362]

Very impressive 😍 I love it.

[@zinlimart]

Thank you! 😊

[@فنانالفوتوشوب]

A very amazing style and technique 👌🏼🔥🔥🔥 .

[@zinlimart]

Glad you like it!

[@monke6889]

Ayt another hidden talent in yt. Subscribed👉😞👈❤

[@DCafae]

Good content Thank you for tutorial...👍

[@zinlimart]

Welcome 👍

[@simonapalosan3208]

Outstanding technique and portrait rendering, I want to ask about the thick vine charcoal you start with, where to buy? Thank you for sharing your art skills.

[@zinlimart]

YOu can buy charcoal at any of local art store or Amazon.

[@calD57]

Awesome

[@hedgehogtiara410]

The portion where the mouth takes shape had me holding my breath for so damn long!

[@Chuck-gj9sh]

Super☺✌

[@a.malekmleko6214]

I can not thank you enough Zin

[@papillonbleu2782]

C'est beau ! :)

[@mishacg]

Amazing demonstration. Please, what is a pencils you use on end of the video ?

[@zinlimart]

General charcoal pencil. Material list is a the description of the video or at www.zinlim.com/qa

[@infomedia7728]

Congratulations! Do you also do private lessons on request online?

[@zinlimart]

Yes I do! You can visit www.zinlim.com/critique or send an email to [e-mail] with your interest and goal.

[@Vanlal_OPAjuly16]

what is that white stick you use sir, is it a blending stump or an eraser or white pencil

[@yourarttv7233]

Nice

[@SachinKumar-ck2gk]

Which black color triangle shape thing you used for white lines

[@zinlimart]

charcoal stick

[@shannayaanayak7063]

do you spray fixative afterwards ?

[@meccamw]

What is a good book for learning this?

[@zinlimart]

I am writing ebook. www.zinlim.com/line-intro-e

[@lillowh6126]

I think I kinda understand whats going on now after watching a couple of these. It seems like you follow mostly the shadows , instead of drawing lines you make the shape out of charcoal and it resembles the overall shape and shadows of what you’re drawing and then you slowly take away the shadows until you have what you need , essentially adding light until it’s there. Basically blocking in the shapes and features with charcoal and wiping it away. Working dark to light. Am I understanding this correctly?

[@zinlimart]

Yes, you are. Thanks for watching it with your sharp eyes!!!

[@lillowh6126]

Zin Lim oh my gosh I can’t believe I got that right! I gotta try your way of drawing sometime. I think it’ll be educational. I love the way you seem to almost wash away the paper to unveil the portrait like if it was already their, it’s beautiful. Thank you for taking time out of your day to respond! :)

[@Woundheir_]

perfect

[@johnnycarrera3660]

What type paper is this?

[@periasamyv8369]

Hi...! Is all ur charcoal drawings are on smooth surface paper? Which paper is most ideal for this kind of finish? Smooth or rough?

[@zinlimart]

Medium

[@sonnyfunart5527]

Wow! You're so good of doing this.. I love watching it +1 new subscriber here. Thanks for sharing it :)

[@erickguillen2868]

Hermoso

[@neraknerak1]

Can you show your reference?

[@zinlimart]

YOu'll be disappointed cause it is not same as the photo:)

[@bijoydas5841]

A cully the portrait ought to siże 16..inch. to 20 inch

[@grfktsrm]

👍👍👍

[@995cool]

it took a few minutes before realizing that the corner picture was the finished work

[@СерБар]

Красавец

[@bozoclown2098]

Why is called expressive ?

[@anirbanmaji80]

Great work but you should have shown the reference instead of the finished drawing at top left corner.

[@iqbalpreetpadam7521]

Hello sir

[@sharonmayo5578]

Wonderful portrait but needed to mute the music so annoying.

[@lkings777]

Wonderful! Could do without the music though. Thanks!

[@呂健維-d1f]

可以放真實的照片在旁邊嗎？ 不然放完成品在旁邊沒有期待感

[@MrWoaimay]

牛逼，一打型就知道是高手

[@joebeaudoin9691]

pleas talk thank u

[@martinfernandez3068]

Deja de fardear chinooooo

[@bijoydas5841]

Not good small portrait