Charcoal for Beginners: Types, Tools & Techniques Explained

Charcoal is one of the oldest and most expressive drawing mediums in art history—and in this beginner-friendly guide, I’ll show you exactly how to use it. In this video, we cover the history of charcoal drawing, what charcoal is made of, and the different types artists use today including vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, and charcoal pencils.. I’ll also explain the best tools to use alongside charcoal such as kneaded erasers, blending sponges, fixatives, sand paper, and the best paper surfaces for charcoal artwork. Then we'll move into actual drawing demonstrations. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - What is Charcoal? 01:20 - Types of Charcoal like vine, compressed, and pencil 02:27 - Essential Tools like kneaded erasers, blending sponges, fixative, & sandpaper 03:44 - Best paper to use for charcoal 04:18 - Gesture drawing with vine charcoal 05:04 - Still life-style drawing with compressed charcoal 06:19 - Polished drawing of a skull with every type of charcoal demonstrated 07:51 - Outro Supply List: vine charcoal https://a.co/d/09ELk1iy compressed charcoal https://a.co/d/0707OJwF charcoal pencils https://a.co/d/093HEHGh white chalk https://a.co/d/08YoyUY4 kneaded eraser https://a.co/d/00wDzpEn blending sponges https://a.co/d/0fyMBRf1 spray fixative https://a.co/d/0bTXUxoZ sandpaper block https://a.co/d/0ifN6xJw Strathmore Toned Gray paper https://a.co/d/0ih83u9A Strathmore Charcoal paper https://a.co/d/0hoKzMkv #drawing #drawingtutorial #learntodraw #arttutorial #beginnerart #charcoal #charcoaldrawing