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Charcoal Types for Drawing the Human Form
How To Use Charcoal to Draw the Human Form
Erasing Shadows with Charcoal When Drawing the Human Form
How To Draw a Side Profile of the Human Face
How To Measure & Draw the Human Eyes
Drawing the Correct Human Lip, Chin & Hairline Proportions
How to Draw Different Types of Human Faces
Drawing the Human Form in Correct Proportions
Drawing the Human Face & Hands in Correct Proportions
Drawing Human Hands & Feet in Correct Proportions
Shaping & Shading Techniques for Drawing the Human Form
Drawing Human Muscle & Bone Structure
Types of Pencils Used for Drawing the Human Form
Using a Human Dummy & Color Wheel to Draw the Human Form
Adding Color to a Drawing of the Human Form
Drawing the Human Form on Copper
Summary: Learn how to erase shadows with charcoal while drawing the human form in this free online video art lesson.
Alaina Filo is a life-long student and lover of art. Having both formal education in art training and real world experience, she draws from a well of creativity. She currently resides...read more
"Hi my name is Alaina and I’m going to start off by showing you a little bit about charcoal drawing. Another way to start drawing charcoal is actually to fill in your entire paper with black, I just filled in a section right here of what my face would be and I want to start doing the opposite, instead of drawing in the parts, I’m going to take out with an eraser. So I would start taking out maybe the nose and just erase, erase where the nose would be, but you’re just going to take out shadows. You’re going to take out the lightest point of the nose which would probably be about the tip here and then probably the back of his nose. So you’re going to start taking parts out and your face will actually start to come together. You’re going to take out a little bit of the eye and then if you take too much out you can always rub back in to make it lighter, so you can get you difference and all your lighting as well. "
eHow Article: Erasing Shadows with Charcoal When Drawing the Human Form
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mdwilliams said
on 8/2/2008 That would only be useful if you were drawing a dark skinned person or someone who is in a very dark setting. Why dont you just teach the correct way to draw?