Class Information
Create this loose realistic portrait using a variety of charcoal pencils and soft charcoal. This portrait will start with a loose drawing using soft charcoal. Then the process begins – smudging, erasing, adding more until we have the correct values and the image.
Supply List
Materials:
Charcoal paper – 12×18 or larger
Charcoal – variety of pencils and sticks, soft, medium, & hard
White charcoal pencil or white pastel pencil
Regular pencil
Kneaded eraser (to remove charcoal to regain whites)