This series of lessons will walk you through the complete process for drawing a detailed portrait in charcoal paper.
In this session we will finish off the background using a variety of tools and finally reinforce the dark accents and highlights,
- You can smooth out and smudge the background using a variety of tools, paper towel, sponges and brushes are all great.
- Try to work in layers – smoothing out with a brush or sponge before laying tone back over with the charcoal.
- Finally, you can clean up your highlights with the kneadable eraser and enhance the accents with your charcoal.
- Then it’s finished!
Materials:
- Toned paper
- Charcoal
- Kneadable Eraser
- Sanding Block
- Sharpener
- Drawing Board
- Easel
