Hello Eric, I became inspired by your art to try this and immediately ran into a problem. I see how easily you can use a brush and instantly pull up charcoal to create lighter value. I payed charcoal powder down and when using a brush it doesn’t pull out much. I can’t seem to create any rich darks and lights with a brush. An eraser works somewhat but nothing like what you’re doing. I’m sure you’ve come across this at some -lint and was wondering if you could point me in the direction of what the problem might be
Hi, Thanks for the question. The powder charcoal will only get you a value range from about 30-70 percent. You will need a kneaded eraser and charcoal pencils to get you to the finish line. I use hot press paper as well. The finders of a hot press paper are tighter and allow the charcoal to sit on top of the paper. Please let me know if this helps at all/)
Beautifull piece
Hey Eric. If you were new drawing, where the hell do you start?
IT would be interesting to see a new drawing from start to finish.
Hello Eric, I became inspired by your art to try this and immediately ran into a problem. I see how easily you can use a brush and instantly pull up charcoal to create lighter value. I payed charcoal powder down and when using a brush it doesn’t pull out much. I can’t seem to create any rich darks and lights with a brush. An eraser works somewhat but nothing like what you’re doing. I’m sure you’ve come across this at some -lint and was wondering if you could point me in the direction of what the problem might be
Hi, Thanks for the question. The powder charcoal will only get you a value range from about 30-70 percent. You will need a kneaded eraser and charcoal pencils to get you to the finish line. I use hot press paper as well. The finders of a hot press paper are tighter and allow the charcoal to sit on top of the paper. Please let me know if this helps at all/)