She actually said that she was working the same way as with acrylics. The medium is different but the workflow stays the same, hence the result :) all comes with practice, if you master one medium, you find it easier to jump into another. You find differences, but also similarities to what you already know and they allow you to work around the uncomfortable bits.
when I use charcoal, my favorite weapon is a chamois (or shammy) to help blend and keep my fingers relatively clean. It gives a similar look to finger blending but without skin oils. Just a little tip for the future if you want to try charcoals in the future :). Also so glad to see you back, one of my favorite yt artists with one of my favorite art mediums XD
i love this picture you did i just dont like the lines the paper leaves, i think you shoulda tried pastel paper i feel it probly woulda been perfect for this
I’m so pleased you are super proud of your resulting portrait as it’s an absolute joy to look at! Well done on overcoming a dislike of the medium. I get so excited again now you are back and posting. Thank you so much for returning to us Marie. ❤️🐶🏴
That fixative spray is a lifesaver. We used it for the first time in school and it was so worth it. It was a little hard to find back then, but that was a long time ago. My art teacher had us wear towels on our smocks belts like you see chefs sometimes have towels so we could rub our hands semi clean if we needed to do something that we needed less messy, tracky hands for. I don't know if that would help or not, but I'll toss it out there for you to do what you want with.
So glad to see your videos back in my sub page. I totally saw that advertisement placement coming... lol In college that is all we used so I like it, but I 100% agree MESSY, MESSY! I hate getting my hands dirty, but you cannot avoid it with this medium. I did find carcoal very easy to use, so that was a plus.
9:25 I would normally agree since I liked to do that too, but the finger leaves skin oils on the page that affect that particular spot and if you want to come back to draw on there again, the charcoal doesn't behave the same as in the rest of the page, which is quite annoying. So I concluded that for me it's a lot better to smudge it using a chamois cloth for large areas and blending sticks/stumps for smaller details
Out of the traditional mediums, I’ve got to say, pastels and charcoal have got to be my favorite! They are fast paced, super easy to blend, and won’t dry (because they were never wet to begin with) so I don’t have to worry about covering an area within a set amount of time! I ironically HATE working with earthen clay, because that mess bothers me and apparently dust does not.
Happy to see you're trying to give charcoal a go. Because if you can like charcoal, you can use some soft pastels as well. I have some Strathmore Charcoal paper, 300 Series. I like it because it has just enough texture to grab the charcoal or pastel, but not so much to make your finger hurt, or feel weird. Your pic came out great. Really good job. You for sure should continue with charcoal, & pastels. You're to good at it not to. Looking forward to seeing you do more. Loved this. TYFS
I used to super hate charcoal too. 😂 Being forced to work with it so much in a life drawing class gave me an appreciation for it though and I actually really enjoy using it now, especially willow charcoal for loose sketches and drawing. The puppy turned out beautifully btw! 😊
One of my annoyance is charcoal I only put up with them in my art classes but when alone at home I try to avoid them much as possible I keep them aside unless I really have to use charcoal I really hate the mess and after the charcoal gets on my figures it really irritates me Aside from my rant I really love it your doggy drawing!! It was much beautiful and well done then what I could've made!😂✌💛 Edit: I forgot to mention that I really enjoyed watching this this was so satisfiying and it really got me inspired to draw my old dog spike! Thank you katt for inspiring me i might have another chance with charcoal!
Marie, you blew my mind. As someone like you who is doing for the first time, you nailed it. Yaay. Please keep doing charcoal art in future. Sending tons of best wishes your way ❤️
Oooh, the drawing turned out so awesome! And considering it's basically first proper drawing with charcoal of you - wow! Hope to see more of charcoal drawings from you in the future!
Just a helpful tip from me with shading! If you turn the image black and white before you print it, it serves as a WAY better shading reference when working in black and white. You really are able to see tones easier 💕
Beautiful result in spite of the messy medium. You could try some charcoal powder and use it with a brush to spread it on your paper and keep your fingers clean(er).
Wonderful job. You handled the charcoal so well. I've also used leather chamois to blend larger areas (to save my fingers) as I find it was easier for me to control than the blending stumps. It's also fun to do charcoal with spot pastel color -- sometimes color in a single focused spot can be wonderfully dramatic.
You've done a fantastic job on that doggy! Suggestion regarding the mess. Put down a large piece of newsprint paper underneath. And I keep cheap (Dollar Store) baby wipes nearby for cleaning my hands up.
Oh Lordy woman! That is one medium I avoid like the plague! I'm bad enough with graphite pencils, I have to use a piece of paper under my hand, and baby wipes to wipe my hands clean every now and then! If I use this, my paper will look like it's been down a coal mine! Lol!! Fantastic picture.. 🖼️👍😁❤️
You can find even white charchaol and colors in charcoalpencils or sticks. I also don t love messy fingers, so I use a cloth /papertowel or gloves for charcoal or pastels.
You have me reconsidering charcoal. I also hated how messy it was but more the way it sounded when I would use it. But after seeing this... I'm reconsidering.
That is a beautiful picture of a seriously cute poochie! I really like when artists challenge themselves in working with a medium or style they don't really care for, I think that helps them really grow, more then anything else.
You have said of late about struggling with what to put on UA-cam and inspiration, I think you should just do this, because well just this. For someone who’d not wanted to work in that medium, the finished piece looks amazing, and you should rightly feel very proud.
I am also not a really big fan because I tend to smudge my drawings in general. Though it helps when I use a charcoal in pencil form (mine is from Faber Castell and i don't remember it breaking as often as yours^^") instead of sticks and blending with a tissue paper or an blending stump. Though my worst problem is the sound that the charcoal makes on the paper, it makes my skin crawl, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard for me >.
I'm so glad you're back to uploading art videos! I have to agree with you on the messiness of charcoal because it gets everywhere like your hands, face, and table. I took a few charcoal classes in high school but I was never successful due to the amount of charcoal smudges I had created XD
I think this turned out good. If you do this again it would be cool to see you try to draw a paint or pinto horse because they have different color tones in their coat.;)
Love this video! Hot tip: rather than using a sharpener, you can use a blade or exacto knife. It'll give you much more control and prevent the constant breaking!
I loved the portrait, it's so beautiful!!! I actually am not a big fan of charcoal either, but this video made me want to give it another try. And I also would love to see you try out Pastels for another video!!.
Get a stylus. I use one and my hands never get dirty with charcoal. Check out Nitram brand. You also dont have to use you fingers to blend. Use a blending stump or the charcoal pencil itself can move the particles around.
Wooow this is amazing!! When i was a year of 13/14 I looooooved charcoal, I used it all the time, but now, Nope not for me haha. But damn you art looks soooo great!!!
Charcoal was never my favorite medium but I had to use it so much in college I kinda got used to working with it and gained a big appreciation for it. This doggo came out beautifully!
That turned out great! I like how detail seem easier in charcoal when the background is already black, so if it gets messed up you just re-coat it, and try again.
I'm a dog training instructor in the US and I think you made a perfect portrait... of a Swedish Vallhund! Okay, they are a rare breed in the US but I've had several students with several Vallhunds each and wow, your portrait is exactly like my student Joanna's oldest Vallhund! They do have a slightly different head shape than Huskies and, without a size referent to give me scale, my eyes insisted that it was a Vallhund. Just so you know how I found this video, your channel popped up in UA-cam's recommended videos for me. I watched one video and then could not resist a bingewatch. The recommend must have been based on my pattern of watching art videos since I rarely watch dog related videos.
Personally I like wrapping my finger in a tissue and blending, especially for larger, darker spots, mostly because my fingers get too grubby otherwise 😂
I really like how your charcoal painting developed! It is gorgeous! I’ve used charcoal to do a couple of portraits of my own and my friend’s dogs. I’m not as artistically talented as you are 😄, but I think they came out pretty well. I did use toned paper to help with the background so I could use the charcoal for creating shadows and highlights. I’m with you about the messiness, and hate the feeing of the charcoal on my fingers. I did use that hand lotion that helps put a barrier layer on hands for easier washing up; but I still got all messy!
Hey hun! So what I learned with charcoal pencils is to never use a sharpener! You use a razor or box cutter to carefully shave the wood at an angle to expose the charcoal and then sharpen it with some sandpaper on a handle. It’s hard to explain without images, sorry 😬
This is so freaking amazing!!! Loved it. 10/10 I would buy if you make prints. Also, I NEED one of those mechanical erasers. I'm always looking for a fine eraser to make little lighter details on my graphite drawings.
I CANNOT draw charcoal portraits without my trusty tissues/toilet paper and cotton ear buds. The tissue i fold a couple times and use that to smudge --- gives a much smoother blend as it is dryer than fingers. The ear buds are for blending too but on a smaller scale. sometimes i even wrap the tissue over the head of the ear bud to get a smooth, small area blend. I hope this helps!
This is awesome. I wanna see you do a cat lol ☺️🤗. I’m not to keen on charcoal cuz it’s super messy but you did give me some insight on this medium. It’s funny cuz I have a few charcoals items in my art box. Maybe I’ll try sometime
I'm fairly new to your account, but you have become one of my absolute favorite artists on UA-cam! I love your honest reviews and the large variety of mediums you work with. I'm also very happy to know I'm not the only person that finds art supplies yummy 🤣
gloves, get some textured gloves when working with charcoal to help avoid all the mess, and a mask will help if you are really worried about the dust wonderful job with the fur texture, its so fluffy! :D
I love charcoal and feel that part of art is making a mess! I feel your pain with the breaking points. It's fragile stuff and breaks inside the barrel so easily. Don't smudge with your fingers though. Oils are bad. Q-tips, chamois, an old sock, tissues. Anything will work.
It is impossible for me to like charcoal. I can't stand the way it feels and sounds when use it. Also every thing I make with it turns into a huge mess. I recently went through all of my art supplies and threw away all of the charocle I was forced to buy for classes. It took me several hours to clean all the charcoal dust off the rest of my supplies.
Throwback to 8th grade art class, some kid snorted a line of charcoal scrapings off of the table when the teacher was gone. They stopped accepting exchange students after that.
I agree with reason #3 of not liking charcoal 😂
How? How do you draw so well with a medium your not well working with? I aM cUnFuSaN
Aaliah Leyva if you practice with heaps of art supplies you get a lot better at transferring your skills from one medium to the other ^^
She actually said that she was working the same way as with acrylics. The medium is different but the workflow stays the same, hence the result :) all comes with practice, if you master one medium, you find it easier to jump into another. You find differences, but also similarities to what you already know and they allow you to work around the uncomfortable bits.
practice and what the other people zays true.when enough practice you ll learn faster and easier to use new mediums
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when I use charcoal, my favorite weapon is a chamois (or shammy) to help blend and keep my fingers relatively clean. It gives a similar look to finger blending but without skin oils. Just a little tip for the future if you want to try charcoals in the future :). Also so glad to see you back, one of my favorite yt artists with one of my favorite art mediums XD
Those animalskin ruggs for widows also work good
Amazing artwork! I don't really like charcoal either 😅 It's good to see you're back!
i love this picture you did i just dont like the lines the paper leaves, i think you shoulda tried pastel paper i feel it probly woulda been perfect for this
I’m so pleased you are super proud of your resulting portrait as it’s an absolute joy to look at! Well done on overcoming a dislike of the medium. I get so excited again now you are back and posting. Thank you so much for returning to us Marie. ❤️🐶🏴
That fixative spray is a lifesaver. We used it for the first time in school and it was so worth it. It was a little hard to find back then, but that was a long time ago. My art teacher had us wear towels on our smocks belts like you see chefs sometimes have towels so we could rub our hands semi clean if we needed to do something that we needed less messy, tracky hands for. I don't know if that would help or not, but I'll toss it out there for you to do what you want with.
So glad to see your videos back in my sub page. I totally saw that advertisement placement coming... lol In college that is all we used so I like it, but I 100% agree MESSY, MESSY! I hate getting my hands dirty, but you cannot avoid it with this medium. I did find carcoal very easy to use, so that was a plus.
Beautifully done! I love the tongue, it looks so realistic
Me: loves charcoal
Her: hates charcoal and draws better than me with it
Me
Lmao bro same tho
9:25 I would normally agree since I liked to do that too, but the finger leaves skin oils on the page that affect that particular spot and if you want to come back to draw on there again, the charcoal doesn't behave the same as in the rest of the page, which is quite annoying. So I concluded that for me it's a lot better to smudge it using a chamois cloth for large areas and blending sticks/stumps for smaller details
I despise charcoal grit on my hands so I haven't used it in years but you make me want to give it another try.
Charcoal is my favorite medium and then acrylic, watercolor, then marker but I really want to try oil painting
Out of the traditional mediums, I’ve got to say, pastels and charcoal have got to be my favorite! They are fast paced, super easy to blend, and won’t dry (because they were never wet to begin with) so I don’t have to worry about covering an area within a set amount of time! I ironically HATE working with earthen clay, because that mess bothers me and apparently dust does not.
I think watching you erase the charcoal to make the fur is the most satisfying part, it turned out so good!
Happy to see you're trying to give charcoal a go. Because if you can like charcoal, you can use some soft pastels as well. I have some Strathmore Charcoal paper, 300 Series. I like it because it has just enough texture to grab the charcoal or pastel, but not so much to make your finger hurt, or feel weird. Your pic came out great. Really good job. You for sure should continue with charcoal, & pastels. You're to good at it not to. Looking forward to seeing you do more. Loved this. TYFS
Instead of blendung with your fingers you should try out cotton wool. It creates a smooth blend.
I used to super hate charcoal too. 😂 Being forced to work with it so much in a life drawing class gave me an appreciation for it though and I actually really enjoy using it now, especially willow charcoal for loose sketches and drawing.
The puppy turned out beautifully btw! 😊
One of my annoyance is charcoal I only put up with them in my art classes but when alone at home I try to avoid them much as possible I keep them aside unless I really have to use charcoal
I really hate the mess and after the charcoal gets on my figures it really irritates me
Aside from my rant I really love it your doggy drawing!!
It was much beautiful and well done then what I could've made!😂✌💛
Edit: I forgot to mention that I really enjoyed watching this this was so satisfiying and it really got me inspired to draw my old dog spike!
Thank you katt for inspiring me i might have another chance with charcoal!
Marie, you blew my mind. As someone like you who is doing for the first time, you nailed it. Yaay. Please keep doing charcoal art in future. Sending tons of best wishes your way ❤️
I've found using a knife to cut away the top instead of using a pencil sharpener for charcoal helps it to be more sturdy
Oooh, the drawing turned out so awesome! And considering it's basically first proper drawing with charcoal of you - wow! Hope to see more of charcoal drawings from you in the future!
I'm so excited that you are back!!! Hope you can keep having fun with art💕
Just a helpful tip from me with shading!
If you turn the image black and white before you print it, it serves as a WAY better shading reference when working in black and white. You really are able to see tones easier 💕
Beautiful result in spite of the messy medium. You could try some charcoal powder and use it with a brush to spread it on your paper and keep your fingers clean(er).
Wonderful job. You handled the charcoal so well. I've also used leather chamois to blend larger areas (to save my fingers) as I find it was easier for me to control than the blending stumps. It's also fun to do charcoal with spot pastel color -- sometimes color in a single focused spot can be wonderfully dramatic.
Charcoal is my favorite medium, it has such a range of intensity and blends so beautifully. Thanks for making this video!
Kattvalk draws a DOG??? WHO ARE YOU!!!!!! (You did a fantastic job but) XD
You've done a fantastic job on that doggy!
Suggestion regarding the mess. Put down a large piece of newsprint paper underneath. And I keep cheap (Dollar Store) baby wipes nearby for cleaning my hands up.
Oh Lordy woman! That is one medium I avoid like the plague! I'm bad enough with graphite pencils, I have to use a piece of paper under my hand, and baby wipes to wipe my hands clean every now and then! If I use this, my paper will look like it's been down a coal mine! Lol!!
Fantastic picture.. 🖼️👍😁❤️
One of the best papers for charcoal is strathmore toned - either grey or tan.
I like using tissue when blinding or smoothing out charcoal.
You can find even white charchaol and colors in charcoalpencils or sticks.
I also don t love messy fingers, so I use a cloth /papertowel or gloves for charcoal or pastels.
so happy to see youre back!!!!!!!!!!! and this art was so relatable, i cant handle graphite and charcoals...
YOU DID AMAZING!! So glad you're back!
Wow the end result is BEAUTIFUL
I love that you revisited a material you didn't like! Makes me want to try charcoal again too😊
You have me reconsidering charcoal. I also hated how messy it was but more the way it sounded when I would use it. But after seeing this... I'm reconsidering.
That is a beautiful picture of a seriously cute poochie! I really like when artists challenge themselves in working with a medium or style they don't really care for, I think that helps them really grow, more then anything else.
I clicked so fast to this video I haven't watched it but i know it will be awesome 👌🏻
You have said of late about struggling with what to put on UA-cam and inspiration, I think you should just do this, because well just this. For someone who’d not wanted to work in that medium, the finished piece looks amazing, and you should rightly feel very proud.
I am also not a really big fan because I tend to smudge my drawings in general. Though it helps when I use a charcoal in pencil form (mine is from Faber Castell and i don't remember it breaking as often as yours^^") instead of sticks and blending with a tissue paper or an blending stump. Though my worst problem is the sound that the charcoal makes on the paper, it makes my skin crawl, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard for me >.
This is really good! I have tons of charcoal materials. I haven't used in a while. I kinda want to now.
I'm so glad you're back to uploading art videos! I have to agree with you on the messiness of charcoal because it gets everywhere like your hands, face, and table. I took a few charcoal classes in high school but I was never successful due to the amount of charcoal smudges I had created XD
I think this turned out good. If you do this again it would be cool to see you try to draw a paint or pinto horse because they have different color tones in their coat.;)
Love this video! Hot tip: rather than using a sharpener, you can use a blade or exacto knife. It'll give you much more control and prevent the constant breaking!
I loved the portrait, it's so beautiful!!! I actually am not a big fan of charcoal either, but this video made me want to give it another try. And I also would love to see you try out Pastels for another video!!.
I missed you other then the last video you haven't posted for months and I love you and your channel so much!😭😆😍💕❤
Get a stylus. I use one and my hands never get dirty with charcoal. Check out Nitram brand. You also dont have to use you fingers to blend. Use a blending stump or the charcoal pencil itself can move the particles around.
Wooow this is amazing!! When i was a year of 13/14 I looooooved charcoal, I used it all the time, but now, Nope not for me haha. But damn you art looks soooo great!!!
This was amazing! Fantastic work Kattvalk!
Charcoal was never my favorite medium but I had to use it so much in college I kinda got used to working with it and gained a big appreciation for it. This doggo came out beautifully!
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super pretty, looking forward to more charcoal videos!
You can get charcoal holders to keep your hands clean :) nice pic of Arron Blaises big cat image hes selling that one too.
That turned out great! I like how detail seem easier in charcoal when the background is already black, so if it gets messed up you just re-coat it, and try again.
Yay another video! I'm so happy you're back to uploading regularly!! Keep up the awesome work girl, your art is beautiful as always!
I'm a dog training instructor in the US and I think you made a perfect portrait... of a Swedish Vallhund!
Okay, they are a rare breed in the US but I've had several students with several Vallhunds each and wow, your portrait is exactly like my student Joanna's oldest Vallhund! They do have a slightly different head shape than Huskies and, without a size referent to give me scale, my eyes insisted that it was a Vallhund.
Just so you know how I found this video, your channel popped up in UA-cam's recommended videos for me. I watched one video and then could not resist a bingewatch. The recommend must have been based on my pattern of watching art videos since I rarely watch dog related videos.
Personally I like wrapping my finger in a tissue and blending, especially for larger, darker spots, mostly because my fingers get too grubby otherwise 😂
Clicked so fast! I have missed your videos so much! Xxxx
I really like how your charcoal painting developed! It is gorgeous! I’ve used charcoal to do a couple of portraits of my own and my friend’s dogs. I’m not as artistically talented as you are 😄, but I think they came out pretty well. I did use toned paper to help with the background so I could use the charcoal for creating shadows and highlights. I’m with you about the messiness, and hate the feeing of the charcoal on my fingers. I did use that hand lotion that helps put a barrier layer on hands for easier washing up; but I still got all messy!
Always look forward to & love your videos Kat 😊
Hey hun! So what I learned with charcoal pencils is to never use a sharpener! You use a razor or box cutter to carefully shave the wood at an angle to expose the charcoal and then sharpen it with some sandpaper on a handle. It’s hard to explain without images, sorry 😬
It's just sooo cool (I prefer normal HB-7B pencils for that type of drawings).
I missed your videos so much!
It's gorgeous. You did a great job.
It's really awesome, you did SUCH a lovely job!!
It's beautiful! I use to wear my fingerprints off during pastel and charcoal work in school. Lol. 😁 TFS!
I love the outcome!
This is so freaking amazing!!! Loved it. 10/10 I would buy if you make prints. Also, I NEED one of those mechanical erasers. I'm always looking for a fine eraser to make little lighter details on my graphite drawings.
I'd also suggest fabercastell's eraser pencils! They're easy to sharpen, but a lil flimsy sometimes. My parents found them easily enough in store.
Fantastic artwork!!
I CANNOT draw charcoal portraits without my trusty tissues/toilet paper and cotton ear buds. The tissue i fold a couple times and use that to smudge --- gives a much smoother blend as it is dryer than fingers. The ear buds are for blending too but on a smaller scale. sometimes i even wrap the tissue over the head of the ear bud to get a smooth, small area blend. I hope this helps!
This is awesome. I wanna see you do a cat lol ☺️🤗. I’m not to keen on charcoal cuz it’s super messy but you did give me some insight on this medium. It’s funny cuz I have a few charcoals items in my art box. Maybe I’ll try sometime
It looks soooo gooood i love it , you make it look so easy x)
Aaa yesss! It's been so long since I've watched a video of yours and I miss it so much!
I'm fairly new to your account, but you have become one of my absolute favorite artists on UA-cam! I love your honest reviews and the large variety of mediums you work with. I'm also very happy to know I'm not the only person that finds art supplies yummy 🤣
❤️ ❤️ ❤️This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your journey.
gloves, get some textured gloves when working with charcoal to help avoid all the mess, and a mask will help if you are really worried about the dust
wonderful job with the fur texture, its so fluffy! :D
I think I’m going to try charcoal because of how good it is with shading, also I don’t really care about getting messy. 👌😳
This came out AWESOME =) so glad to see you back Kat, missed you =D
I love charcoal and feel that part of art is making a mess!
I feel your pain with the breaking points. It's fragile stuff and breaks inside the barrel so easily.
Don't smudge with your fingers though. Oils are bad. Q-tips, chamois, an old sock, tissues. Anything will work.
I dislike pastels and charcoal due to their first and dust but I do like charcoal 😊
Wonderful drawing 😍😍😍
I would love to see you attempt a tiger with charcoal. I feel like that would look amazing!!
wow, you are *so* good at charcoal
Absolutely gorgeous artwork! You never disappoint us! Xxxx
This is so good!! I love it when artists just have fun with what they're doing!
I’m happy you are back! I hope life outside of UA-cam is going well for you.
Loved the video and seeing you work with this medium! It would be great to see another charcoal drawing in the future of your videos💙
I love doing sketches with pencil and finest drawings with it dog's that count?😕
wooh 1000th like. also love your art, been here for a year or two and i’m glad you’re back❤️
It is impossible for me to like charcoal. I can't stand the way it feels and sounds when use it. Also every thing I make with it turns into a huge mess. I recently went through all of my art supplies and threw away all of the charocle I was forced to buy for classes. It took me several hours to clean all the charcoal dust off the rest of my supplies.
I absolutly love this Artpiece! I wish you'd have found magically a picture of my Golden Retriever Fiete as a reference. 😁😂
The kooh-i-noor kneaded eraser is fine and usable after you knead it soft
When I use charcoal I always blend it with paper tissues :) its way easier and no so messy for you hands
Your piece looks so good :0
And yeah I wasn’t a fan of charcoal during my drawing foundation art class, I just thought it was messy too
Lovely art!
Beautiful! I’m glad your proud of it cause you should be!
Throwback to 8th grade art class, some kid snorted a line of charcoal scrapings off of the table when the teacher was gone. They stopped accepting exchange students after that.
Your talent is astounding, Marie!
Back when my art teacher taught us we used a Square grid and u do one square at a time it can really help not mess up any other parts of the piece
ayyy, happy to see you getting sponsored
Oh my god your bracelet is sooooo cool!