After your last vid I pulled out an old charcoal pencil, drew and washed it with water and was astonished at the result ~ wonderful! Let it dry and water colored over and was very pleased. Have a lot more experimenting to do. Thanks for sharing all your graphic and art knowledge with us strangers!👍🙋🏼♀️
I have been MIA for a while, so I'm catching up on some of your videos. This is so so good! The tinted charcoal is really interesting and something I would like to try! Excellent job Steve!
Fabulous demo Steve. Thank you for the inspiration! I've not tried tinted charcoal. I've ordered a set of Derwent tinted graphite and I'm looking forward to using it.
I am expecting the pans to come tomorrow and was going to return them since I have the pencils but after seeing your wonderful tree drawing I'm going to sleep on it and decide tomorrow. Thanks!
I will be using them mostly in my life drawing sketches at this point. I love working with charcoal and also ordered their new tinted charcoal xl blocks which should come next week. I have learned a great deal about how to use all of these mediums on youtube. I am happy that I found your channel and look forward to exploring more doing more with watercolor. Thanks! @@mindofwatercolor
And I really really love trees too and am looking forward to watching your videos and drawing them. My view out of my lovely place is into an oak preserve and I often see the sunset through them over the mountains....I will branching out into trees and some landscapes soon. I loved watching you draw and your art @@mindofwatercolor
I always love your tree drawings. This is definitely a wonderful medium that I might add to my artbox of supplies. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video with us.
Bought them and glad I did. Thank you for introducing them. Hoping that you will do a few more demos using them, that is very helpful and the continuity is a gift to all of us from you.
I really enjoyed this Steve! Beautiful work! I am very drawn to curving twisting branches of trees intertwining with each other with so much character. We see a lot more like that at the Oregon Coast then we do here in Eastern Oregon. Thanks for sharing this.
We have a place called Bristlecone Pine forest in the Eastern Sierra that has lots of old knarly trees like that. Fun part of being an artist I think is experimenting with new mediums. 😀🌲
LOVE LOVE LOVE your trees, Steve!!! Beautiful!! I’m thinking of doing a set of at least 4 of them… Maybe 5x7…. Would you do a background if you were me?
I got a boxset of these pencils at the Derwent museum in the Lake District earlier this year and struggle on what to use them for. This was very helpful :)
I am always secretly hoping a pumpkin will make it's way into one of your tree videos lol I have a set of the pencils and I think I'll bust them out and give them another try. Thanks for making these videos :)
Jean-Pierre Velly was the artist whose works you showed briefly as inspiration for the aesthetic of the piece, just in case anyone is interested. He did some really majestic work.
I do not like using watercolor pencils but I do like using the Derwent Graphitint pencils with water (which I learned about from your channel). The tinted charcoal sounds interesting too. Thanks for sharing!
Enjoyed this video watched it three tines to see how you added shadows and lines within the tree i also love the tree videos alot....im putting the charcoal pan set in my xmas art wish seeing if i can hit a sale.and have coupon.....only way i can afford the supplies id like to try...mikelle art mom🎨✍👩🎨
I bought your M Graham WC set a while ago and put some of them in the wells of a palette. If I did a charcoal drawing (shadows and all) and then painted over it with my WC, would it ruin the pans to dip a charcoal laden brush in them or should I squeeze paint from the tubes to prevent contaminating py palette?
I doubt it would ruin them. Watercolor in pans is easily cleaned off if it becomes a bit contaminated. Happen a lot with other colors actually. No different.
@@stephw1363 Yes, I meant any paint in a palette pan not just pre-poured pans. Once paint has firmed up in the pan you can easily clean it off. It doesn't usually mix in unless you've actually mixed it in. Contaminating colors mostly sit on top. Charcoal color acts like any other color.
Hey Steve, thank you for video. How do you choose you picture to draw or paint. When i am looking at a reference i usually goes which pic speak to me and spark creativity. How do you choose your subject? Do you have a system in choosing your subject? i have a feeling that you have access to way more ref. pics than i do
The reasons vary. I use photos for inspiration mostly and often use the same criteria as you. No system really. I actually use as much free reference as possible.
Probably the subject I have painted and drawn the most. Over 40 years of it. In that time you tend to build up a mental library. My love of interesting trees also makes me very observant of them when I see them so I'm paying attention to striking details. I also keep an extensive collection of inspirational pieces from other artists on Pinterest.
After your last vid I pulled out an old charcoal pencil, drew and washed it with water and was astonished at the result ~ wonderful! Let it dry and water colored over and was very pleased. Have a lot more experimenting to do. Thanks for sharing all your graphic and art knowledge with us strangers!👍🙋🏼♀️
Old tree like a precious piece of art 😍
I love watching you. You make me want to try it. Your voice very calming
Thank you 💚🍀
Ok anxiously awaiting my Amazon order today. Thanks for making me spend. Lol
Oh boy, another beautiful tree. I do love your trees, Steve. They remind me of the Ents of Middle Earth and I just adore them. Thanks so much!
Ents are my favorite! 😍
I love your gnarly tree! What a pleasure to watch to develop it.
Hi from NC, Steve, something new I shall try. So nice that you experiment with things I would not think of. Thank you.
I have been MIA for a while, so I'm catching up on some of your videos. This is so so good! The tinted charcoal is really interesting and something I would like to try! Excellent job Steve!
Nice work! Looks appealing to try
Genial como siempre
Fabulous demo Steve. Thank you for the inspiration! I've not tried tinted charcoal. I've ordered a set of Derwent tinted graphite and I'm looking forward to using it.
Hi Louise. I think you will. Graphitint is pretty interesting and unique. Thanks for stopping by!
Hmmm colour me intrigued.
Oh Steve, you make it look so, so easy. Beautiful job. ❤️❤️❤️
I am expecting the pans to come tomorrow and was going to return them since I have the pencils but after seeing your wonderful tree drawing I'm going to sleep on it and decide tomorrow. Thanks!
I actually like the pans better than the pencils. Just sayin'.
I will be using them mostly in my life drawing sketches at this point. I love working with charcoal and also ordered their new tinted charcoal xl blocks which should come next week. I have learned a great deal about how to use all of these mediums on youtube. I am happy that I found your channel and look forward to exploring more doing more with watercolor. Thanks! @@mindofwatercolor
And I really really love trees too and am looking forward to watching your videos and drawing them. My view out of my lovely place is into an oak preserve and I often see the sunset through them over the mountains....I will branching out into trees and some landscapes soon. I loved watching you draw and your art
@@mindofwatercolor
Love this!
Je trouve que tous vos tableaux sont aussi beaux les uns que les autres!!!
Et ça paraît que vous aimez beaucoup dessiner!
Merci pour le partage!
I love your lessons! I was wondering if you could show how to paint a bonfire. I trust your techniques.
So good!!!!
Always love your videos
I always love your tree drawings. This is definitely a wonderful medium that I might add to my artbox of supplies. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video with us.
Hmmmm I should try that, I love Canson paper!
Bought them and glad I did. Thank you for introducing them. Hoping that you will do a few more demos using them, that is very helpful and the continuity is a gift to all of us from you.
I really enjoyed this Steve! Beautiful work! I am very drawn to curving twisting branches of trees intertwining with each other with so much character. We see a lot more like that at the Oregon Coast then we do here in Eastern Oregon. Thanks for sharing this.
Gorgeous Steve I love the light tints.
I really love this demo! I draw in charcoal a lot and I rarely use it as a paint. This makes ma want to do so again! Thank you for the inspiration!
Love this..i need to practice trees!
I agree with Colleen. A great video. I have been curious about this product.
Your voice is very soothing
Loved it!!!
This was very inspiring. Thank you!
I really like this combination of media, and how you use it makes it to my bucket list! Thanks for sharing and being such an inspiration.
I absolutely love how you draw trees!
We have a place called Bristlecone Pine forest in the Eastern Sierra that has lots of old knarly trees like that. Fun part of being an artist I think is experimenting with new mediums. 😀🌲
LOVE LOVE LOVE your trees, Steve!!! Beautiful!!
I’m thinking of doing a set of at least 4 of them…
Maybe 5x7…. Would you do a background if you were me?
Could go either way. I do it both ways.
@@mindofwatercolor Thanks!
I got a boxset of these pencils at the Derwent museum in the Lake District earlier this year and struggle on what to use them for. This was very helpful :)
Got mine there too, many years ago. A wonderful souvenir.
Have you ever tried drawing an old banyan tree? Really twisted, gnarly trunks, looks like you'd like them..
I've seen them but never painted one.They do look pretty cool.
I am always secretly hoping a pumpkin will make it's way into one of your tree videos lol I have a set of the pencils and I think I'll bust them out and give them another try. Thanks for making these videos :)
Jean-Pierre Velly was the artist whose works you showed briefly as inspiration for the aesthetic of the piece, just in case anyone is interested. He did some really majestic work.
I do not like using watercolor pencils but I do like using the Derwent Graphitint pencils with water (which I learned about from your channel). The tinted charcoal sounds interesting too. Thanks for sharing!
I've never used charcoal (I'm an acrylic, watercolor, and/or ink girl)... but this video makes me really want to try!
Enjoyed this video watched it three tines to see how you added shadows and lines within the tree i also love the tree videos alot....im putting the charcoal pan set in my xmas art wish seeing if i can hit a sale.and have coupon.....only way i can afford the supplies id like to try...mikelle art mom🎨✍👩🎨
I just love these pencils. Do you still need to use fixative on the charcoal paits, or does it stay like watercolour?
It stays if it's been wetted. If the charcoal from the pencils is still dry it probably needs to be fixed. Pan color is fine without,
Will these pencils smear against other pages in my sketchbook? Lovely tree.
Probably yes. Use fixative.
I bought your M Graham WC set a while ago and put some of them in the wells of a palette. If I did a charcoal drawing (shadows and all) and then painted over it with my WC, would it ruin the pans to dip a charcoal laden brush in them or should I squeeze paint from the tubes to prevent contaminating py palette?
Good question! I think it would but i havent tried yet
I doubt it would ruin them. Watercolor in pans is easily cleaned off if it becomes a bit contaminated. Happen a lot with other colors actually. No different.
@@mindofwatercolor even if its a gooey tube paint not an actual pan? I somehow think of that as more kinda uncleanoffable.
@@stephw1363 Yes, I meant any paint in a palette pan not just pre-poured pans. Once paint has firmed up in the pan you can easily clean it off. It doesn't usually mix in unless you've actually mixed it in. Contaminating colors mostly sit on top. Charcoal color acts like any other color.
How do you keep sharpen the charcoal
With my electric sharpener. I used the Xacto School Pro for these because they fit best. These are what I use. ua-cam.com/video/S855Ej5mOf4/v-deo.html
Hey Steve, thank you for video. How do you choose you picture to draw or paint. When i am looking at a reference i usually goes which pic speak to me and spark creativity. How do you choose your subject? Do you have a system in choosing your subject? i have a feeling that you have access to way more ref. pics than i do
The reasons vary. I use photos for inspiration mostly and often use the same criteria as you. No system really. I actually use as much free reference as possible.
Steve, after you finish, do you think it will need a sealer of some sort or is it pretty much smear free after the water? Yep it’s me, Essie.
I probably will fix it so the unwetted charcoal won't smear. It's resistant to smear after the water but not all strokes got water.
I love trees too and I often make up my own, but mine don’t turn out near as studied as yours, that’s for sure. 🥺
he's spent a lot of time studying and drawing real trees of many kinds, which I think helps him teach us about them.
Probably the subject I have painted and drawn the most. Over 40 years of it. In that time you tend to build up a mental library. My love of interesting trees also makes me very observant of them when I see them so I'm paying attention to striking details. I also keep an extensive collection of inspirational pieces from other artists on Pinterest.
Can you show the reference? Is it a picture?
No reference.
🙏🌊🔱🌪🌪🌪
miscible, perhaps?