Let's Talk about Drawing with Charcoal 

I have so many art supplies. But now i will have to get some natural charcoal. My wife will just roll her eyes.

Wait.... i listened to other videos on charcoal, but this one has to be to clearest and most instructive. Thank you sir.

Thanks!

My first comment is your voice. I can listen to you recite the phone book. Very sultry and deep. Second I have used compressed charcoal for years and only after watching your videos did I move into vine or natural charcoal. Man, what a difference! Thanks for this vid. I now use both. Start with vine and finish with compressed. I don’t like fixing charcoal. Leaves a dotted effect Oh! And it is messy. But a wonderful drawing medium.

Well presented Jeff. I greatly admire your work and your videos. This video is a nice seductive attempt to introduce people to the joys charcoal. I've noticed, when attending life drawing groups , that a lot of people are frightened of charcoal because it is difficult to control at first and you have to psychologically loosen up and not worry too much about individual marks but treat it more like an impressionistic painting with large flat brushes in which the form gradually emerges from the mess. If you worry too much about having total control and you treat it like a pen or pencil drawing then you deny yourself access to the expressive beauty which is unique to this medium. Another benefit which you did not mention is that you can draw incredibly fast with charcoal ( and soft pastels sticks) in comparison to other dry media. This is especially useful during time restricted life drawing or getting quick impressions of transient effects of nature down on paper.

Very well explained- thanks for sharing!

MÁSTER! ABRAZO DESDE PERÚ

ty for info, and beautiful drawings!

Thanks Jeff. It would be quite interesting to hear you talk about surfaces.

Danke Jeff ! Das ist großartig !!!

Great video Jeff ❤ very instructive and made me itch to create a new charcoal portrait 🙏

Amazing! From childhood I always wanted to be an artist but my perfectionism has always got the best of me. Watching your videos has inspired me to continue to try. It’s like you’re speaking to my soul. Please keep making videos.

A very informative and educational video! Thank you Jeff!

Great video my friend :)

your talks are great! more videos pls

That Rod Sterling voice combined with instructional wisdom makes for the perfect learning platform in which to grow in skill and knowledge. Well done. I'm inspired to persevere in this new, artistic journey that I am on. Thank you, Mr. Haines.

Loved this❤

Great video. Thank you!

Merci beaucoup 😀

You are very knowledgeable artist 🙏👌

Very inspiring channel. I find some of the art community to be kind of... meh, pretentious, inflated, sometimes gatekeeping. I used to draw a lot as a child, later on a bit less, then I stopped and did it only ocassionally. Now I'm coming back to it, I usually draw people. Sometimes I feel that it's useless, that there is no point in doing it but I guess it is what it is. If you're drawn to do it, you will do it no matter how you sometimes feel about it. Charcoal seems to work well with my personality. Thanks for the videos

Have you ever tried powdered charcoal? It makes for interesting effects, but forget spraying it with fixative. It just blows away. This video was very helpful. Your work is beautiful and I am inspired to get my charcoals out again.

Hi Jeff! I love your videos, your approach towards charcoals and your sense of humor! Thank you for the great insights and I keep confusing your voice with Marshal Vandruff's! You two sound so similar, it's insane! Even your intonations! wow

Very informative video, excellent as usual

Good video.

C'est rare de tomber sur une video aussi claire , heureusement que les sous titres sont disponible , le français que je suis n'aurait pas pu profiter de cette video interessante . Merci

Love the videos!! Would you be able to do more tutorials on drawing from reference and getting proportions etc.

Just bought some willow charcoal. Trying to see what I can do with it. Very fluid medium.

👍👍✏️

Hey Jeff. I’m a big fan. I started charcoal after watching your videos. I’m not that bad but I struggle a lot with finding good references and painting/drawing eyes and lips. Please helpppp

For the love of god will someone please explain what kind of paper to use? This seemingly simple thing is hard to find an answer for lol

How many years have you been working with charcoal? I’m learning how to use the medium and I’m excited for the journey.

This is so helpful thank you! Do you have any brands you would recommend?

Which types of pencil ✏️ did u used😊

thnx