Master The Craft of Drawing with Charcoal Part 3

Master The Craft of Drawing with Charcoal Part 3

The final 4-week session will focus on planning staging your drawing, composition and layout, value study development, and combining the skills and techniques from Parts 1 & 2 in a single composition. Prerequisite: Not required. A working knowledge of basic geometric shapes, and the basic lines such as horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curved, wavy, thin, thick, a working knowledge of basic and complex shapes, one-point perspective, controlling basic line strokes, contour-lines, shading, creating tonal values and texture with lines, is useful.

Materials: 18 x 24 Rough texture newsprint paper pad for quick gesture drawing, 8.5 x 11 copy paper for practice, 9 x 12 pad or larger charcoal paper or similar toothy paper (for finished work), vine charcoal sticks, flat charcoal sticks, B (2B – 6B soft range) wood encased charcoal pencils, kneaded eraser, fixative spray. Optional materials: ruler, small soft bristle paint brush/ paper stomp (for blending), chamois (or soft cloth).