charcoal
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Waiting, charcoal drawing
Once again, there’s a certain scene lined up here. I call it “waiting.’ For what? That’s a secret ^_~
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Two figures, charcoal drawing
This model did very dynamic poses, and I really enjoyed capturing them. I think, my drawings really lack that dynamic feel in a lot of cases. Something to work on!
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Two standing figures, charcoal drawing
The pose on the left looked pretty dynamic to begin with, but then I decided to add that braid! What a difference *_* Really love how the movement got captured in this one.
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Leaning figure, charcoal drawing
I always feel like the stool looks out of place in my drawings. Perhaps I need to work in the horizon line or define the flat area on the floor to ground both the figure and the stool? 🤔
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20-minute poses, charcoal drawing
Come on, get up so that you can get drawn better! xD Seated poses are still much harder to do ^^; I think these are 20-minute poses. Charcoal on construction paper. Model: @taylour_bogdan
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Single figure, charcoal and pastel drawing
I think I did better here with highlights, but maybe it’s best to stay in two-toned palette right now. I think highlights are a good tool to distract the viewer from negative parts of the drawing 🤨
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Two full figures, charcoal and pastel drawing
Using here willow charcoal, conte crayons, and white Rembrandt pastels on construction paper. I wanted to keep white only for highlights, but kind of went overboard. Need to practice my values 🙂
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Female figure, charcoal drawing
I’m trying out all kind of materials as I learn to draw. This is a rough construction paper, and it has a charming feel to it. It certainly isn’t the best paper for serious work since it doesn’t even photograph that well. For example, those wavy wrinkles are almost invisible in real life. However, it’s
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Two 10-min poses, charcoal drawing
These are 10-minute charcoal sketches. I think if I had more time, I’d soften those outlines a bit.
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Two short poses, charcoal drawing
Okay, now you know what half-n-half looks like 😂 I think these are 7-minute sketches 🙂
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Two-figure sketch, charcoal drawing
– I’m leaving and I’m taking all of the charcoal with me! – What?! Butt, you have to stay! 🤣 I swear, I don’t plan these scenes, they just happen xD
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Dark figure, charcoal drawing
I’ve noticed that on many occasions, I make my drawings too dark from the start. Not sure how to go about correcting this, I guess I need to press lighter on the charcoal stick? ^^; Or maybe I should try some value studies. Any tips?