CREATING BEAUTY OUT OF CHAOS (charcoal drawing tutorial and demonstration)

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[@Zee-et4rd]

You are a charcoal master. Beautiful portraits with personality.

[@КалинаВ0505]

It takes a great level of mastery to leave a great portion of the canvas to chaos or abstraction, but still keeping a focused realistic part, which stands out even more on this chaotic background. Very impressive.❤

[@RobertBarclay-i6o]

Your so helpful I've just started drawing again after 50 years I'm loving it ,,,,from Scotland

[@jwills6809]

I love your natural way of explains art methods. It’s no direct by the book structures, there’s lots of feeling in your description which other artists can recognise and relate to!

[@scottodonnell3906]

I love watching your drawing become real. It looks photorealistic but with abstract elements. Thank you so much!!!

[@lokeshh_]

Exactly

[@Ash2cents]

Don't know why KZbin decided to put one of your shorts in my feed, but I'm glad it did :) I really love your work, and I love how your seemingly "random strokes" (at first) end up creating a beautiful portrait. Or, as the title of your video suggests, how beauty emerges out of chaos. Beautiful work ! I wish I could express as much with my photography :)

[@TheTwistedPixel]

Same here. KZbin algorithm decided to feed me one of your shorts. Now, 2 hours later, my iPad battery is depleted and I’m just sitting here awestruck and speechless. I love your works, your style, your explanations and your intent with each stroke. A true artist.

[@LorraineHess-l6k]

I just cannot believe how you create such real pictures so fast...JUST amazing.

[@phyllisharries2742]

Brilliant! Love your style! Thank you for sharing your inspiration.

[@Alexis-gc7xz]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! It really helped me understand that the fundamentals are really a bunch of tools in a toolbox that an artist uses to depict a subject or capture the essence of it and leave the rest of the information vague or abstract, study it, or even make sense of it. To the effect of what you said, it's a series of steps of intentional thinking, practice, and instincts that produces an image. And determining how well or unwell you're conveying a certain element or fundmental lets you know if you need to change something or explore another direction within the image. When you said realism is really how clear the information is helped me make sense of that. Again, thank you so much!

[@MadCharcoal]

Well said! Glad you got something out of it

[@haricot929]

il faut des années de pratique pour avoir un résultat valable et convainquant. Mais un travail personnel ne ressemble à aucun autre 😊

[@rodline9027]

A true pleasure and inspiration to watch you work

[@longhairmullet]

Really enjoyed this rendering. It looked complete several times then you smeared, blended, created depth and detail over and over. At 11:04 the subject was looking out at something then with a stroke of eraser at 11:08 the subjected was then looking down. Almost like it was a movie frame,moving in time, changing gestures as you sketched. Thank you for sharing this process.

[@Maltmeister1]

Had me mesmerized,,beautiful work and appreciate the tutorial.

[@TheNakedSilo]

Amazing. I love watching you work and hearing about your process.

[@michaelpinreno]

Thank you so very much for this session. It puts me back in my classes at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California in 1964. Yes, that long ago. I watched last evening when you were doing a young man and I was once again in Prof. Grano's class learning values. Thank you.

[@doviende]

thanks, i really appreciated all the commentary on how to consider the interplay of abstract and detailed.

[@vernonsteinkamp1088]

Your explanation of becoming stale or hitting a wall in progressing is so true with many artists. I've experienced this as a drummer. You keep at it and getting inspiration from other artists can open up doors that you didn't know existed. I love the way your production is quick and fluid, along with your explanations, which makes viewing you working is a rush.

[@heatherfarmer8843]

I would love to see how you do the details! I really enjoyed all of the information you shared while creating this piece. Beautiful work!

[@emilleum48]

Another really amazing drawing, and your additional information related to the types and locations of the form and cast shadows was a good refresher for me, keeping the chaos within the drawing creates a lot more interest, than something closer to a photo, thank you MSG Leum

[@mattbaigent2434]

I'm in awe dude. Thanks for these tutorials, crazy helpful!

[@loripLIVE]

Beautiful 💕🤗

[@immaculatemisconception8133]

Your art is amazing man! I do charcoal and graphite work, not to your standard, but really awesome to see and appreciate the techniques you use, even ones I've never thought of, amazing!😁🔥

[@carole8142]

I think you are highly talented using charcoal. I love using charcoal and I have been following your example. I have a feel for charcoal and love making art from shadows.

[@susanmarcoux7005]

Good advice, thank you. I love to watch you 'pull beauty ' out of chaos. ❤

[@mellindsay5782]

Wow I couldn’t get enough of that, such inspiration and a great teacher. 🙌

[@Kizzy-t9i]

You are an amazing artist❣️Thank you for being so gracious with the detailed explanation🙏 May God bless you❣️🙏❤️

[@MadAbstracted]

Thanks so alot and your Drawing Kit reached me yesterday, mentioned you in my Instagram Story. 🤙🏻🖤

[@ineskveder2129]

Your explanations are really helpful! And I love your art, it's fantastic!

[@mathiasL13]

I love it! Thanks so lot. It’s beautiful 🎈

[@christianepot3243]

C’est incroyable comme ce visage prend vie sous vos doigts experts , je trouve cela fascinant Merci de partager votre savoir faire et toutes mes félicitations pour votre ART de Belgique 🇧🇪

[@DuanTorruellas]

We have alot in common with our working technique. One letting the piece develop itself. And two pulling beauty out of chaos. My drafting skills will always be the foundation of my painting. It was really good to see another artist who has the skill and passion for his art.

[@robdobson5056]

Very talented artist!

[@bulanhu]

Awesome work!

[@lindacaldicott8533]

Fantastic you have helped me so much. Thank you.

[@acb7528]

Insane Absolutely amazing

[@despotic22]

Thank you for your videos. I loved your work so much, I had to purchase this piece. Thank you again. Timothy

[@dennissutton3767]

Just beautiful……thank you for the lesson!

[@BriSouth]

Thanks for sharing your techniques and amazing drawings! I’ve drawn with pencil on and off all my life. I start gesturally and get more detailed as I go like you mentioned, but the flexibility of charcoal you demonstrated to even out tones at whatever point in a drawing and then bring back out the light and shadows is awesome. It’s crazy to me how fast you can change the mood of a subject using charcoal. You mentioned squinting, I do that as well,, sometimes I also turn drawings upside down to get a different perspective on things if that makes sense. I wish you continued success in your artistic journey!

[@isabelleella7623]

Impressive ! You’re very talented

[@mominsart]

Such a beautiful work, love that loose approach,.

[@Mikes_Art_Journey]

Love this style, and I have just started using charcoal myself :) thanks for sharing 🥳

[@BreyonArt]

Thanks so much for the video. I’d love to see a video where you go into composition and structuring the subject in the frame. Some of my pieces look a little unbalanced but yours always have a lovely balanced aesthetic. I’m not sure if this is something you consciously consider when drawing or if it’s something you’ve developed over time with practice, but any advice would be appreciated!

[@husker22chad63]

Looks like Billie Eilish. Incredible work. I love watching you work

[@RockyMountainSoul]

I must say that I love your art and style. Your process has given me the courage to try working with charcoal after many years of fear 😅 Also, your explanations are so precise and clear. And your attitude is so unpretentious, for someone who clearly possesses much talent and experience. Thank you for sharing all of this.

[@theartisthands]

The artwork looks so amazing.

[@alexiacerwinskipierce8114]

Coming into this from photography and photo editing, I think really helped me understand the way light and shadow fall on a face. Dodge and burn is essentially sculpting a face in the digital realm. And I have no shortage of reference photos 😂But learning to work with charcoal has been a bit of a learning curve for sure.

[@irenee800]

Spectacular...thanks so much for this.. definitely will try your style ...so good

[@utilizavel]

Beautiful work!

[@Ryeeshyng]

You’re amazing.

[@yester64]

I like this approach. @Mad Charcoal did you had already some idea what should come out? Its so fascinating.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

I have done charcoal drawings before and its very rewarding. What are the names.of the charcoal pencils , white , weight are these..wiuld like to find these..and what kind od board do you use ? Thank you your work is very motivated and inspiring. Keep up the good work greatly appreciated !!!!! Wpould like to see 5he actual finish piece !!!!!

[@Reefraction]

I love the incidental close eyed face in the lower right!

[@stephanieashworth6317]

Beautiful work in charcoal!

[@wdvest8333]

WOW & double WOW WOW

[@jazzlehazzle]

AWESOME thanks!! This reminds me a lot of what Fechin would've done- cracking the code!! Instant sub!

[@angelaverbowski995]

#203-✅👍 Beautiful work, definitely a wonderful work of art! 👏👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ONEPEAKFRFR]

now thats art

[@atlasmv]

Would love to see a thumbnail of your subject in a corner of your videos so we could watch and compare your shaping, shading/contrast and dimension references as the work progresses.

[@charleslanphier8094]

Beauty out of chaos indeed, apt description, it's a wonder

[@christinescarborough9969]

Absolutely stunning!

[@AnthonyGeorge-w2t]

So many variation possible. I learned abstract block in from a book.

[@nonutnewplayer1507]

Damn this is nice, thanks for the tutorial! Oh and your art looks like billie eilish

[@MadCharcoal]

I was thinking that but didn’t want to say it haha

[@nonutnewplayer1507]

@@MadCharcoal honestly, much better that you didnt said it, given some people will bash you for it, thanks for the contents tho! You inspired me to tackle this art style which I've been wanting to learn and suddenly your tutorial saved me

[@FactscanhurtFeelings]

BAM 💥!! Great work!

[@amedak]

This particular charcoal portrait has the look of one done by the master Nicolai Fechin, the Russian painter. I think you’d enjoy seeing his charcoal drawings. I’m really enjoying seeing your style with the charcoal and am taking a lot of inspiration from it. Thanks,

[@johnnyboy62parker39]

great tutorial uncomplicated talking to me like a mate no heirs and graces just down to earth

[@joldendoves2795]

I love the sound this makes

[@R3DHANDS]

Просто высший пилотаж, замечательная картина

[@colleenbutcher1589]

Love your drawing

[@Siba3660]

I'm so inspired tomorrow will be attempting my first chaotic charcoal drawing

[@shimonkahloun9804]

Thank you for this video. it is just beautiful seeing the way you were working. What kind of pepper are you working with?

[@IzzyCubito]

Hi I'm curious , although I really love this way to create an emotional image, how do you select your images and subjects also permission? so cool...

[@moochshoom9574]

Wao, that real art..... ❤

[@nanettehaas7268]

Wonderful and good understanding ❤

[@francoisrenaud4885]

I just love your work, you inspire me!

[@dawnschiller8650]

Question: could you use soft pastels the same way or is there something fundamentally unique about charcoal?

[@88pynogrl]

Beauty out of chaos.❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikeparish3469]

Enjoyed this a lot.

[@momentarilylapse]

Beautiful demo! I loved watching the portrait emerge, and the beauty fo the process itself - you could stop the video at nearly any point and it was a work unto itself. Do you have a recommendation for a fixative that works with more fragile types of charcoal like vine/willow? I've tried a few and the charcoal still comes off even after several layers, which is a concern if I'm looking to ship works.

[@Evolv391]

Id like to know more about the back board you're using. Did you build it?

[@scottlondon8382]

Dude i love your style,it's how ive been trying to draw for years(not nearly as good as you),but you give me hope by your watching your tutorials and fine tuning my game

[@DN-kz7xl]

In grade one I had to draw a baboon with a brown crayon. I started off with random chaos just like this but unlike this drawing, mine soon went in circles untill the crayon was to short to hold. It ended in a huge ball of brown nothing.

[@Mrbeads]

Thank you! ✨

[@BobJones-ci7nn]

I know this drawing is 5-months-old.I was wondering do you seal it with something .New subscriber

[@ГалинаАмелина-г4щ]

Восхитительно,завораживает

[@mariannemarianne7819]

J'adore, j'adore j'adore !!! 👏

[@Azat_Bizhan]

Good explanation. Thank you so much. ❤😊

[@lp.z5554]

WOW! amazing！

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

I like your drawings.

[@donupton4701]

Your pretty talented.

[@olteshmartin]

Hello I really love watching your work. I wonder and hope you do make a profit. Good job buddy.

[@nataliamakri]

youre so talented omgg!!! how do you set your camera btw from that angle?

[@gabakoz]

Your work is fantastic, could you tell me what paper you use? Thanks!

[@bertdejonge56]

Thank you very much for all the drawings, I enjoy it to the fullest. Could you please draw a 'mad' dachshund ( sausage dog? Love from the Netherlands. I wish I was as loose as you..respect

[@christopherspeech6830]

Could u start doing vids like this but relaxing versions were it’s just the sound of the the drawing and some soft music in the background like on your TikTok but this length

[@Prussiane]

hello, can you give more infos about the paper (mg) you are using ?

[@allanpennington]

Is it possible to take a not quite ideal photo reference and add interesting shadow lines to create a more interesting reference, either with software tools or your imagination? Or perhaps with AI these days?

[@renko9067]

Amazing stream-of-consciousness art.

[@donlew8222]

This is way better than my stick figures. 😮

[@terriburdett2753]

Love!!❤

[@TijuKemet-pk4uw]

Dope work fam!

[@MsNoellen]

AMAZING! Thank you