Charcoal Drawing | 'Forgotten Gate' 

I can’t count how many times I was told to never blend my charcoal with my fingers. My instructors were great but you are a true artist. What a lovely drawing!

Excellent drawing. Thank you for sharing. The use of the sharp blade to create lines was a good lesson for me.

Thanks for sharing this awesome drawing and process! Really cool to see how you balance simplification/complexity, and the big decisions like leaving those trees out. It’s hard to see the forest through the trees when you’re in it. ;).

Informative and inspiring and a beautiful, sensitive drawing. Thank you!

Wow!!! If I didn’t see you make it, I would think it’s a black and white film photo 😊. I missed Basil ❤

I absolutely adore this video. Thank you so much for your instruction and inspiration. Your piece is beautiful. I love the subject matter. Happy holidays! Diana

Beautiful-thank you so much for sharing your talents.

I'm discovering the joy that is charcoal working. TY!

Brilliant

Awesome.

Wonderful!

magnificent!

Thanks for showing your materials.

Awesome work!! Thank you!

I loved this tutorial… thanks for all the hints ❤

love it... and i learned so much with this, f...great

Love this❤ Thankyou so much for sharing 😊

wow another masterpiece. you keep our momentum going too!

I can watch you do this all day.

Thanks for sharing your tips and technique sharing, loved watching you do this drawing ❤️

Amazing work! Thank you for sharing your process! Great video!

The result was excellent!

brilliant !

Omg! It's like a photo, but insanely better. Amazing work!

Beautiful work. I love all the different textures you created!

WOW! Absolutely superb drawing Andrew, thankyou for this inspiring video.

Hi Andrew, I really appreciate your charcoal work, whether you use water and casein or not. I like seeing the different techniques and tricks you invent to make your tools perform at their best, so much so that in some parts they look like anything but charcoal. Some of these works remind me of good chalcographic engravings in which you find bold blacks, total whites and a whole range of half tones. Thanks for the videos you share. Martha

Wow looks awesome looks so real. Great video loved it. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Amazing 🤩

Outstanding Andrew. Forgotten gate but I'll remember the work. For sure. 1st class. AA

Great!

This is SO good!

Amazing piece !! 👍

fantastic job Andrew. Really inspiring!

Like the gate very much. Like your method hope I can learn from it. Thanks

Truly amazing wow. Your a great master 🙏💙 well done

Love this one Andrew. Using the edge of a stanley blade with charcoal isn't something I've tried... but I will now! Inspirational as ever!

Beautifully done! I am always amazed at your process, I consider it masterfully controlled scribble. Bravo!

great work again Andrew

That's really good and I learnt a lot from that, thank you. Good luck.

Hello Andrew. Your charcoal drawings are just stunning. ☘️

Very nice charcoal work Andrew...I like those ''simple'' views and draw them...charcoal gives it that little more that....

Great work Andrew!

absolutely amazing. )))))

Wonderful job.

magnifico

very impressive.....🧡🧡🧡

your charcoal drawings are the best of your talent :)

This is the best charcoal landscape I saw so far...

You are the first artist ive see using the straight edge blade to make narrow blades of grass. THANKS FOR THE GREAT TIP! Great piece of charcoal art my faviort medium. looking forward to your next charcoal piece😊❤ watching from Huachuca Arizona

u r wonderful art creator ,, oh my god im lucky to found u in youtube

Very beautiful. You've made the right decision to leave the trees out. Arches makes great papers I actually use their paper made for oil painting and really like it. Anyway this painting has a nice mood.👍

Simplesmente lindíssimo. Belíssimo trabalho, maravilhoso. Super parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏. Grande abraço, felicidades

Tan simple con el carboncillo y que real parece Extraordinario😮😮

I found you through the Sketchbook Challenge group. I've done very little charcoal work but this piece has inspired me to do more! I love the way your piece is as much about removing charcoal as laying it down. Lots of inspiration and much food for thought! Thank you for this.

Oh, I am sharing this video with my young art students. Your teaching is beautiful and you are an inspiration. I am going to do some exercise drawings, to experience your fun techniques. I am so grateful, that I've found you, when typing 'charcoal drawing'. I've subscribed. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous drawing.

Hello buddy how are you? This was lovely to watch,, really great tonal work with your charcoal.. great drawing.. the gate looks amazing and the whole composition just great 😊..another brilliant video.. all the best buddy 😊

I really liked how you used the "pencil" type eraser ... It's so effective in creating white spaces in pastel and colored pencil also ... This drawing Is real gem !

Yet another amazing and beautiful drawing! So interesting to watch you do this. Glad you left the trees out; they are really lovely in the photo but agree the drawing works better without them as we’re not distracted from your amazing forgotten gate.

Adorei seu trabalho. Me inspirou a aventurar nesta técnica. Quero ver detalhadamente seus videos e extrair ao máximo os conhecimentos e dicas suas. Gostaria de visitar seu estúdio e mergulhar nesta técnica sob sua orientação. Parabéns pelo seu maravilhoso trabalho .

I kept my fingers crossed you'd change your mind on the trees & let the gate sing ❤

Hi Andrew. I’m Christophe from Paris. I subscribed quite a time ago. I love your drawings. I’m very much impressed by the large range of medias you are able to practice (watercolor, oil sticks, pastel, charcoal, oil painting …). Your are a very talented artist. I must say one of the most talented I have ever seen so far on internet. Highly professional work, also full of creativity and sensibility. Not surprising to have been promoted by the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Your RU-vid channel might be also a very usefull guide to guys like me trying to produce some masterpiece in their living room ! May I also tell you that I love your dog Basil (he seems to be the happiest dog of the world) and also (from this side of the channel) your so lovely british accent 😊. Best wishes from Paris and long life to your channel.

Отлично🎉 как и всегда

Hi Andrew - Amazing drawing. I've just watched again and am intrigued how you get the charcoal to stick to the Stanley blade? I've tried without any luck. Thanks for a fab video. - Rich.

How did you get the really thin white lines? Ive never been able to get an eraser that thin. Love it.

Great drawing. How do you hang something like that, so that over time it does not get changed by touch? Framed behind glass?

This one was exceptionally beautiful, Andrew! As always thank you for sharing your work... But I'm curious concerning all those light touches of charcoal. What is your process and the product to permanently fix it to the paper? Just a regular fixative? Brand? And how many coats?

This is amazing, how long did it take you?

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Did you draw that with your imaganationn??

Amazing art. Thanks .. want to know what kind of paper to use ?

I have a question; another Charcoal artist uses Acetone, and I'm wondering if the Acetone would compromise the Archival properties of the piece . . . do you know? I did like the actual marks left behind after it evaporated.

Good move not to add the trees behind the fence.

Very nice drawing. But please, the paper is pronounced arsh not 'arches'!!