Hello my name is Paul Priestley, welcome to art tutorials online. Now, today we're going to be
looking at using charcoal and chalk and we're going to mix them together. It's going to get a
bit messy, but it's all for the sake of art. So let's not hang around. let's make a start. come
on. So here we are with a single piece of charcoal and a big chunk of white chalk. It's actually
borrowed from my grandson, but there we go now. we're also using some very cheap grey sugar paper,
it's called sugar paper in England, what it's called in your country I have no idea. But you
can use very cheap paper you don't need to use really expensive stuff. Okay when you're using
your charcoal as we're doing here look, we’ll practice trying to press on really hard. Then
press on lighter and lighter and lighter to get the various light tones. here I'm doing
the same with the chalk, pressing on really hard and then going over the grey so I can create a
distinction between the two. Now I'm going to rub it with my finger people. use paper and all sorts
of other instruments for doing this with, but you've got to use your fingers. get in there,
this is art you're creating. So we're going to go over the top again with the charcoal. You see
I'm blending it in over the top press down quite hard, then getting lighter. do the same with the
chalk. The reason I'm doing this twice is because the density of the material gives a much greater
effect. You see here. Now when I'm rubbing it you see we can get in very subtle variations of tone,
going from light through to dark and it looks brilliant, you see. So you got to use it twice.
Now watch here I'm just going to go around draw an oval shape. we're just going to draw a simple pot,
simple oval shape. Ah brilliant idea coming up, it's actually wonderful this idea
you'll be amazed. Watch this you see here I'm using my wrist like a compass. Okay brilliant.
But what about the other side of the pot? It's so difficult. This is the idea. Watch. Oh look,
this you see we've turned the pot round, it's now upside down. So I can do it the same this side,
look nice curve. Then I'd put it back the right way. Oh brilliant you see. So we've got both sides
virtually the same. It's an easy way of doing it. So we're going to imagine light coming from one
direction, do you see the idea? The light’s coming in, in this side, so this side of the pot is going
to be very dark. So I'm pressing on really hard with the charcoal and then gradually loosening
the tone as I go across. You see, very dark down this side of the pot. Okay pressing on quite hard,
really bold and strong. go for it. You see, really bold and strong, but notice I'm not
scribbling any old way. I'm scribbling so I'm following the shape and form of the pot.
do you see the idea? So I'm imagining where the light is coming from and I'm not doing that bit,
then I'm going to lighten this area here ,you see dark on the inside of the pot there look,
pressing on really hard and then pressing on lighter as I work my way across. You see,
quite simple. now this is finger time. In a second here, look to blend all this in once I've tidied
it up. You see, blend it in with your finger, soften the edges. You must soften the edges,
you don't want very big strong sharp edges where you change, if where you want the change of tone.
So soften the edge you see what I'm doing here? Softening that edge blending in, softening it.
now we're going to need two layers of this to make this look really good. here we're going to use the
chalk. Same thing, same idea, pressing on really hard along the edge nearest the light, you see.
And then blending it into the grey, actually going over the grey. You'll see me do that in a moment.
we're going to do just this bit here to keep the chalk nice and clean, before we start going over
the charcoal. There we go and then we're going to go over the charcoal. You see what I've done
there? There we go see, just to do that. now out comes a finger again and blend it in. You see,
you just get the feel for this as well as anything else. You can't do that if you're using some
implement or bits of paper. You got to feel it you see, if you're going to be an artist. There we go,
see blending that in. That's looking good, really good. now we're going back with the charcoal.
Again we'll go around the edges. now we just can't tidy this up and we're going to add more black,
because we want this to look even darker and stronger. So I'm pressing on really hard again
now with the charcoal. See how dark I'm making it. now I can do this because I've already got
charcoal underneath. You see the idea? And I can start putting a few details in, down,
like underneath the lip of the lid there. So I'm pressing on really hard here, you see,
really hard up here, as well. There we go pressing really, really strongly and then
blend it out there little bit lighter. now we do exactly the same with the chalk in a second,
but we're just going to blend and soften the edges. I don't whether I've mentioned that before,
but you've got to blend and soften edges. If you don't soften the edges, it doesn't work. So keep
blending the edges. There we go. look at this,, you see it's now beginning to look like something.
now working with the chalk we do the same thing. with a chalk you see we can get a denser tone
by working the chalk on top. You notice now I'm dragging the chalk over parts of the grey as well,
you see. But this area here is really light now you see really light. And then I'll come to blend
that again in a moment. You notice I have to keep blowing off the dust, but you've got to
do that. just make sure nobody's on the receiving end of it that's all. Anyway I'm just going to go
around the edge there with a little bit of white. You see, just this little detail, you see how it
makes the pot look so much more interesting. It's wonderful. So really press on nice and hard, blend
again to keep those nice half tones. A half tone is simply the difference between a dark tone and a
light tone, it's halfway between. So it's called a half tone. now you'll notice now I'm going to put
some subtle reflections from the ground onto the pot you see. So these areas are slightly lighter,
they're not very dark, they're slightly light and we just blend them in so you just get these
very subtle reflections onto the pot which look really quite effective. do a similar sort of thing
up here, you see blended in with a chalk. There we go just blend over that and then again. we'll
have to use a finger again in the moment, but just putting a little blobs on here, you see,
just subtle. working it on top. You won't be able to go very light because you're working
on top of charcoal. But blend the same. You see, feel the drawing. That's what you've got to do,
feel the drawings. Blend it in a little bit there, that's looking good. now just put a
few more highlights on there, those ones may be a bit strong. I might cover those in a minute
we'll see how we go. Okay, but you'll notice here again, soft subtle marks that I'm making. You keep
doing lots of soft subtle marks, that's what we're aiming to do. Okay, now we're just going to put,
just soften those down a little bit, put a little bit of a shadow underneath the pot so it looks as
though it's sitting on something. just a nice sort of oval shape, the same thing press on hard with
a charcoal and as you get to the edge. Soften it down a little bit, but guess what? Use your finger
to blend the edges again. You see, make it nice and soft. You see how it's beginning to look like
it's going to look wonderful, your drawing, when you finish this. mind you'll have a dirty finger,
but then that's what you do if you're an artist, right? We're just going to put some very subtle
highlights on now. You notice this, just subtle reflections on there. It's beginning to look
good. Okay, just touch up some of the darker tones in here as well, just around there. Oh, yes few
little dark tones here right. I hope your drawing is looking good. I hope you really enjoyed it and
learnt a lot about charcoal and chalk. Thank you for watching. I hope you've really enjoyed the
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