How to Add Layers in Charcoal Drawing?

[@You1uji]

The masterful understanding of light and contrast by the artist is nothing short of spectacular! This is a Master at work.

[@incognito3620]

What we are seeing is the exemplary skill of an artist who knows his craft. Being an artist, I just sat and enjoyed the ride. P.s. the music from Desert Planet was amazing as well.

[@Ibaneddie76]

As far as drawing is concerned it appears to me that charcoal will result in drawings with the most depth without having to overwork the areas where you want the most contrast, I need to try a charcoal drawing it takes a while to flatten solid black forms with lead. This drawing is excellent the light source focusing just behind her eye is very interesting, the piece would be completely different if the light was moved forward an inch or even half an inch. Great job!

[@BillyGoat-oy7qg]

3:52

[@fatoomgierdien110]

Absolutely Brilliant‼️👌♥️

[@zakirali8721]

amazing skill... an Artist to the core! how beautifully u place all the details with precision . amazing to see.

[@critical_buckel]

Thank you for sharing your process in this beautiful drawing ❤❤

[@vikingmike1126]

Beautiful and mesmerizing! Excellent work…!

[@niazhannanwatercolors]

Love it 😍 i guess am gonna start some charcoal landscapes! Thanks

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Thank you Niaz, landscape is a great choice, good luck

[@cezarhernandez1499]

Awesome great skill and patience

[@mariannemarianne7819]

Génial, superbe ❤ j'adore quel plaisir à regarder 👏

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

🙏🙏

[@timbo4306]

Amazing Thank you for the upload

[@ranisketch9363]

It's so amazing.. I'll come often and learn a lot.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Thank you 👍👍

[@KathiresanKathiresan-yq9so]

அழகு அற்புதம் அருமை.

[@endoucheeray7018]

Master of arts! But One question: how did you manage to brush it brighter (3:12) and darker( 3:02) by using the same "finger sweeping technique", but with contract result ??? It looks like magic.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

thank you very much.. I rub a finger into charcoal powder and use it to darken, and use a clean finger to lighten up values

[@tesskansas]

Very well done.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

@@tesskansas thank you very much Tess

[@francsgoldens6771]

Wow very nice

[@sureshnayak7287]

Nice charcoal job and Grenades on of tone thank U sis

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

Even at 7 minutes, this was a great lesson...

[@prashantinerellapalli]

mesmerizing!!

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

thank you

[@tesskansas]

Finger work is great too

[@GrahamJefford]

This is brilliant - thank you. Can you tell us what paper you were working on.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

thank you ... regular newsprint paper

[@moona4297]

ما شاء الله تبارك الرحمن. عمل ممتاز 🥇

[@tomharris1252]

Amazing~~~

[@Thunder-mullet]

Beautiful

[@nadinestapler3881]

So interesting.

[@vazakamaza]

Великолепно. Очень вдохновляет.!

[@sherrymorris5564]

Incredible…truly!

[@mariaokruch5771]

Mistrzostwo świata 👏👍

[@raminbehjat1503]

عالیه . از همون خطوط اول مشخصه ک چ کار خوبیه

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

سپاس فراون

[@franciscoreygonzalez9908]

Maravilloso!.

[@coolshah1662]

Good stuff!

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

🙏🙏🙏

[@coolshah1662]

@@EhsanMalekiArt Are you from pakistan by any chance? I'm from there, too, and am self-taught. I also dabble in charcoal. It was great that I found your channel.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

No I'm not, very glad you liked the content 🙏🙏🙏

[@coolshah1662]

@@EhsanMalekiArt Keep up the great work!

[@flightofapaullo72]

Excellent!

[@johnpatmos1722]

How does he remove charcoal (lighten an area) by rubbing his finger?

[@critical_buckel]

Sticks to his finger.

[@JadeLeaf1980]

It’s vine/willow charcoal - it’s very soft delicate charcoal and it doesn’t stick to the paper very well, it creates a layer of velvety dark dust that just sits lightly on the paper surface and it can be swept away or erased with rubber or kneadable erasers or tissues, fingers, brushes, etc. It’s super easy to manipulate and one of the fastest mediums to work with.

[@charlescossel7948]

Incredible, don't know what else to say

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

thank you

[@santiagodare4958]

Muy bueno. Trabaja como si las capas inferiores estuvieran fijadas, algo que no muestra este video ni explica el método que utiliza.

[@livianomuratori2014]

Stupendo!

[@cackieart]

would love to see reference to one side, would help ?

[@stefanozanchiminifilm6926]

Ma sei mitico!!!

[@dystopiaproject]

Bravo ! ❤

[@VictorLopez-hi3ly]

Agregar algo mas significativo a lo dicho por los que presencian este trabajo, es imposible ,solo puedo decir ! Fabuloso ,, el dueño de las sombras y la luz"

[@SurendraNarayan-c7v]

What paper are you using..........Fabriano???

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

newsprint paper

[@erictchomitch2288]

Merci, généreux

[@elhadjoahmed5671]

Bravo

[@tess1193]

❤❤❤

[@FRANCOVISINTAINER]

Stupendo poeta !

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Thank you

[@Anjaney10]

There's my heart ❤

[@tesskansas]

Where is the source? Would be helpful to see source at beginning.

[@shadiazad9858]

Merci

[@maartenvanderlaag7701]

what type of paper do you use?

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

regular newsprint paper

[@maartenvanderlaag7701]

@@EhsanMalekiArt thankyou Ehsan

[@allanpennington]

What is the paper? The vine charcoal lifts with no staining at all.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Newsprint paper which has a little bit of tooth

[@allanpennington]

@@EhsanMalekiArt Thanks. I’ve tried various smooth cotton rag for archival purposes but even the vine charcoal doesn’t lift as well as it looks like it does with newsprint. What would give similar results to newsprint that would be acid free and thus archival?

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

@@allanpennington Strathmore and Arches both produce archival paper for charcoal, the only catch is you feel precious and not experiment enough

[@allanpennington]

@@EhsanMalekiArt I agree, practice is good with newsprint. I had tried arches hot press 100% cotton water colour paper but even vine charcoal leaves a stain so you can’t lift a bright highlight. Mad Charcoal YT uses arches bfk rives a print cotton rag. I have a piece I’ll try out to see how well vine lifts. At the end of the day I’ll probably end up going darker across all values and the highlights won’t be original paper white but the lightest tone left behind by the vine charcoal.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

@@allanpennington I see, This is an issue with most archival paper... thats why I opted out, now I work on grey newsprint and after the drawing is done in case I want to archive it, I will fix it with spray and then paste it on sturdy foamboards

[@sketchartist1964]

Is that vine charcoal?

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Yes it is

[@NalesnikiART]

A real artist is noticeable from the first strokes.

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

Thank you

[@TNT-km2eg]

Clever . Cultivating your own competition

[@renderbaron]

It’s called “sharing knowledge”. A principle of human culture.

[@cluek9780]

No mention of the negative tools

[@R.esk1341]

نوع کاغذ و مقوا را مشخص میکردی عالی بود کارت عالی است

[@MelBlanc-h6o]

dark under shin is in the way to me

[@svahed]

هنرتون ستودنی هست ،جسارتا از چه نوع زغالی استفاده کردید ؟

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

متشکرم زغال درختی کرتا کالر

[@mightyseraz]

Short answer: to add layers in charcoal, mist it lightly with fixative, wait a minute, keep drawing.

[@cluek9780]

Better answer: spray a mist of alcohol. It’ll allow more pigment to be placed without gluing down the previous layer

[@williamstroud9152]

This MF was excellent 👏🏿

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

thank you

[@Georgi-Slavov]

Оne word:brush. Though cotton works too.

[@my_two_cents2133]

Where's your reference?

[@tikaartnomade1615]

Si l'on ne vois pas l'image de référence, c inutile de regarder ce que vous faite, ça ne nous aide pas !

[@lkd982]

140K views for this yet one most others in the less than 100 to 1000 range? I don't get it?

[@xufreee]

Judging by your hands you are a insta girl...lol. hands of a master

[@EhsanMalekiArt]

✌✌🙏🙏

[@WMedl]

Interesting video from a technical point of view but after 2::37 the drawing deteriorates to decorative realism. By the way you should have shown also the fixation...

[@colincannings7946]

The words; How to. Suggest that there is some teaching about to follow. Without narration, there is no teaching.

[@brookzera218]

I learned a lot !!! Mainly the importance of studying anatomy ! And also how to sketch properly by setting up limits The man is a master at work and I’ve learned so much from this video

[@allisonjanereeves8780]

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[@Solo.cwhite]

Ever heard the phrase “watch & learn” 🤣

[@colincannings7946]

@ I'd like to know what he's doing. Why he's doing it? I would also like to know, what he's thinking, There's more going on, apart from the art.

[@TTistea]

hi

[@urbanry]

Po co to szarpanie węglem. Ach. Taki artysta

[@renzo6490]

A demonstration with no instruction or text...That's not a "how to". That's a, " see what I can do ".

[@zzzSargentzzz80]

I strongly disagree. You just watched a strong portrait from start to finish by a skilled artist. Something very rare to observe before youtube. You still don't get it? I don't think text will help you

[@NalesnikiART]

Beautiful