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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Skills Of Charcoal Drawing Artists

By Miranda Sweeney


For some people, charcoal art is very easy to recognize and get familiar with but there is a lot of hard work required to gain artistic skills to make such drawings. Charcoal drawing artists are able to enjoy the best medium which can often create very dramatic pieces and they try to create some of the best quality drawings.

The dark to light black tone makes it an incredible medium. Depending on the type of drawing, the artists is required to use the darkest or the lightest shade of charcoal. These light to dark or dark to light shades create something that looks incredible to the human eyes.

During the Renaissance period, this particular medium was specifically used by art schools to teach their students a few of the basics involving drawing. Its undoubtedly an easy medium to start with but you learn a lot throughout the process. Once you start working within this medium, you will begin learning the skills to create a faultless painting.

It is advisable that only best quality and durable materials should be using for drawing purposes. If the quality of the materials used is compromised, then it can be said that you might not achieve the results that you wanted to achieve. Your quality of work is deeply affected if the materials possess low quality. Also, you will be wasting your time creating something when the quality is not worth it.

There are charcoal pencils as well as crayons available for drawing purposes and they come in different thickness as well as hardness and softness. You can use it on canvas frames or paper depending on what type of thing you want to create. You will also need a special kind of eraser which you can use to get rid of the black stains and marks that appear while you are creating the picture or painting.

You must continue practising regularly otherwise you will forget what you have previously learned so even if its a small picture you should try doing it. Practice makes everyone perfect and you develop new skills of the trade. On the other hand, if you don't get the time to do it on a regular basis that you may be loosing out and unable to gains skills that you should learn.

Sketches are one of the most popular drawings that are made while using this particular medium and they definitely look good if made in a professional manner. The reason for that is because the black and white creates a very dramatic effect and you are able to use the different shades to highlight the important parts of your drawing.

You must be determined to make it your profession but if you take it just as a hobby then you would definitely enjoy every bit of it. If you have never used this medium, then its never too late to start learning. It may feel like slow at the beginning but after sometime you will be able to work faster and create whatever you feel like because with regular practice you gain good skills.




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