When sharpening a charcoal pencil try to take off as much wood possible to that I can be super pointy and you can have a flat side of the charcoal that can be used to create a side tone.
Mad Charcoal forget the artist sand paper and get plasters' sanding mesh. You'll be able to save the powder provided you sharpen over a container and you'll get a better point. That method of surrounding the point with the sand paper would certainly be inefficient and frustrating. Give it a try.
Nice .!!! Awesome ... can you explain in another video the type of paper you use, I am getting into Charcaol... and it’s getting kind of difficult at first ... I have the materials ... but don’t know what kind of paper to use , cause I’m trying to use hot press water Color ...
Sergio, get plasters' sanding mesh. Go for fine grit. Also get yourself a container for the powder you'll generate from shaping the charcoal. It'll be your catch container and you'll have charcoal powder to use.
@@anieste Oh, I need to tell you that the paper that I spoke about(the tan colored one from mister art) is quite smooth, not bristol plate as in for ink but just right for pastel. I'm going to start using this to do preliminary value drawing of my pastel paintings.
@@flickaJay here's what I've learned thus far...I was given a few pads of paper that all were different but that hasn't deter me from me understanding the differences in those papers with graphite and charcoal. So it leads to your personal discovery to get to the paper of choice at a given time for you. Work with whatever paper until you find the right one. I noted that some people use newspaper in the beginning so rather then incur the cost of good paper they use newspaper print. Now here's an idea: if there's a moving company near you like U-haul, they sell newspaper to wrap glasses dishes whatever so you can get a good quantity for minimum expense. And ultimately just draw on any kind of paper, learn and have FUN!
@@anieste Can you tell me what size, measurement etc... of mesh that my husband would understand and could just go to the Do-it-best store (oh yeah, they're called hardware stores. LOL, see, I'm a girl, but my husband is totally into me doing my art thing.). There is this, that I purchased years ago when I wanted to start pastelling, but I cannot put any stick pastels into the thing that I got several yrs. ago (I can't remember where or find it on a website - the mesh was too large and it will just make large scrape marks all along on my pastel stick (like Unison or Mt. Vision types). I just did get this really cool sharpener that says it has only 2 size holes but I found out today that it 2 more sharpener slots that will finish off your charcoal or pastel to a long and sharp end like "Mad Charcoal" is showing in this video. Here's the link and these blades can also be either sharpened or replaced. tinyurl.com/ye5sd4cw I hope we have helped one another some bit. Maybe the author of these videos is still in school and doesn't have time to answer but I sure hope he is learning more to show us. This is so fantastic finding this site this morning!
@@flickaJay From my understanding the mesh sheets come in large standard sandpaper sizes but I purchased 2 sheets (from the home depot) that were around 5"X11"...I got a plastic protein jar with a round top cut a 5" round hole in the top and trimmed the sanding mesh to the interior of the top epoxied it in place and I've been using it since. The mesh is holding up so it seems strong. Bear in mind I mainly work in graphite drawings. I've done a couple of charcoal pieces so for charcoal I'd make the same sanding mesh collector. With regard to the sharpener you mention the points option are not what you get if your seeking the long point that a number of charcoal artist. That comes with utilizing a thin utility knife. Such as the Olfa SAC 1. If you decide to try it please becareful as it's EXTREMELY sharp. The technique would require starting the cut a distance from the proposed point and trim the charcoal to a thin long point. You'll need to master pressure otherwise you'll have constant breaking.
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Thank you. Helped me a lot.
When sharpening a charcoal pencil try to take off as much wood possible to that I can be super pointy and you can have a flat side of the charcoal that can be used to create a side tone.
Very helpful.
Hello! May I ask, when you're using a charcoal bar, do you still sharpen it or you use it as it is? Thank you!
Mad Charcoal forget the artist sand paper and get plasters' sanding mesh. You'll be able to save the powder provided you sharpen over a container and you'll get a better point. That method of surrounding the point with the sand paper would certainly be inefficient and frustrating. Give it a try.
Thank you.
Nice .!!! Awesome ... can you explain in another video the type of paper you use, I am getting into Charcaol... and it’s getting kind of difficult at first ... I have the materials ... but don’t know what kind of paper to use , cause I’m trying to use hot press water Color ...
Sergio, get plasters' sanding mesh. Go for fine grit. Also get yourself a container for the powder you'll generate from shaping the charcoal. It'll be your catch container and you'll have charcoal powder to use.
@@anieste Oh, I need to tell you that the paper that I spoke about(the tan colored one from mister art) is quite smooth, not bristol plate as in for ink but just right for pastel.
I'm going to start using this to do preliminary value drawing of my pastel paintings.
@@flickaJay here's what I've learned thus far...I was given a few pads of paper that all were different but that hasn't deter me from me understanding the differences in those papers with graphite and charcoal. So it leads to your personal discovery to get to the paper of choice at a given time for you. Work with whatever paper until you find the right one. I noted that some people use newspaper in the beginning so rather then incur the cost of good paper they use newspaper print. Now here's an idea: if there's a moving company near you like U-haul, they sell newspaper to wrap glasses dishes whatever so you can get a good quantity for minimum expense. And ultimately just draw on any kind of paper, learn and have FUN!
@@anieste Can you tell me what size, measurement etc... of mesh that my husband would understand and could just go to the Do-it-best store (oh yeah, they're called hardware stores. LOL, see, I'm a girl, but my husband is totally into me doing my art thing.).
There is this, that I purchased years ago when I wanted to start pastelling, but I cannot put any stick pastels into the thing that I got several yrs. ago (I can't remember where or find it on a website - the mesh was too large and it will just make large scrape marks all along on my pastel stick (like Unison or Mt. Vision types).
I just did get this really cool sharpener that says it has only 2 size holes but I found out today that it 2 more sharpener slots that will finish off your charcoal or pastel to a long and sharp end like "Mad Charcoal" is showing in this video.
Here's the link and these blades can also be either sharpened or replaced.
tinyurl.com/ye5sd4cw
I hope we have helped one another some bit. Maybe the author of these videos is still in school and doesn't have time to answer but I sure hope he is learning more to show us. This is so fantastic finding this site this morning!
@@flickaJay From my understanding the mesh sheets come in large standard sandpaper sizes but I purchased 2 sheets (from the home depot) that were around 5"X11"...I got a plastic protein jar with a round top cut a 5" round hole in the top and trimmed the sanding mesh to the interior of the top epoxied it in place and I've been using it since. The mesh is holding up so it seems strong. Bear in mind I mainly work in graphite drawings. I've done a couple of charcoal pieces so for charcoal I'd make the same sanding mesh collector. With regard to the sharpener you mention the points option are not what you get if your seeking the long point that a number of charcoal artist. That comes with utilizing a thin utility knife. Such as the Olfa SAC 1. If you decide to try it please becareful as it's EXTREMELY sharp. The technique would require starting the cut a distance from the proposed point and trim the charcoal to a thin long point. You'll need to master pressure otherwise you'll have constant breaking.
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