{"id":114052,"date":"2021-12-29T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/charcoal-drawing-for-beginners\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:48:57","slug":"learn-how-to-draw-with-charcoal-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/learn-how-to-draw-with-charcoal-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Charcoal drawing for beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"114052\" class=\"elementor elementor-114052 elementor-64176\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55d6741 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55d6741\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a85919\" data-id=\"7a85919\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d39b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61d39b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello, artenauta! Today we would like to continue in the line of drawing, teaching you some basic notions that you should know for your first creations. If, in previous posts, we told you everything you need to know to start a new<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/tips-carboncillo\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>experimenting with charcoal<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Today we want to give you a series of keys that will help you learn how to draw with charcoal<\/span>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2425a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae2425a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Before you start working with charcoal, remember:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-037ba76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"037ba76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Charcoal does not contain binders or fillers, so its fixation to the support will be much less than with other more oily pigments (such as oil or acrylic, for example).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is a rather delicate material, so we must control the pressure when drawing to avoid splitting the bars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We must select papers with enough texture and open fibers, to facilitate the adhesion of the charcoal to them, avoiding, in any case, satin surfaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once you have finished your work, we recommend that you use a fixative to prevent the pigment from altering with the passage of time, rubbing, etc. Do not forget to make any changes or corrections before using the fixative.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3bb699 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3bb699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other materials to support charcoal work:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101d219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"101d219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paper: as mentioned above, with a lot of texture and open fibers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cloth (in light colors) or kitchen paper: to reduce the intensity of the drawing, blur and erase (in the case of paper, the effect is less, recommending it only for small strokes).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Diffuser: to spread the charcoal powder and create different effects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sandpaper for smudger: to clean it and avoid dragging charcoal residues that could have been deposited on the tip of the smudger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fixative: to prevent the pigment from altering once the work is finished.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Charcoal erasers: they are moldable. They help us to collect the charcoal dust (taking it with them). They add grease and break the fibers of the paper, so the more we use them, the more difficult it will be to draw on that area.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e8480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70e8480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Drawing with charcoal step by step:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206ee9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"206ee9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Choose the design to be represented. If you are just starting to get into charcoal, we recommend that you opt for a simple drawing, with few shadows and glows, to become more complex as you gain experience.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b961669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b961669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/elegir-dibujo-para-carboncillo-768x541.jpg\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110713\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/elegir-dibujo-para-carboncillo-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/elegir-dibujo-para-carboncillo-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/elegir-dibujo-para-carboncillo-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/elegir-dibujo-para-carboncillo.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9298c4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9298c4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> We mark the contours and shadows, gently (in case we need to make any correction).<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c4d34e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c4d34e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-2.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110714\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143558b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"143558b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> We fit the bases of the chiaroscuro, incising with the charcoal in those areas that are darker, from the most intense to the lightest.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca761c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ca761c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-3.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110715\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a57c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0a57c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Diffuse with the help of a cloth, to spread the charcoal in a smooth way.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98489ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98489ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-4.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110716\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9528c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9528c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> We take the blender (previously cleaned on the sandpaper) to clean and degrade, making the lines disappear, always working from the lightest to the darkest.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9c749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a9c749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-5.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110717\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b687d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b687d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> We go over with the charcoal those areas that should be more marked and take the opportunity to make corrections, also using the blur and the cloth.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f43615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f43615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-6.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110718\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5ab4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5ab4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> We use the eraser to mark the area of maximum light (the part of the drawing that is completely white), as well as to remove glitter. Very carefully, without exerting too much pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2957cad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2957cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-7-1.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110719\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540705c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"540705c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 8:<\/strong> We have our drawing! Now all that remains is to use fixative to prevent the charcoal powder from moving.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78d974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b78d974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dbujar-con-carboncillo-paso-8.webp\" class=\" attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-110720\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6266956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6266956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once you have completed this sample exercise, we recommend that you continue practicing, increasing the complexity of your work as you become more fluent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you want to continue learning and deepening in the drawing, knowing everything you need to know to develop your designs in pencil or charcoal, we recommend you to visit our<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/cursos-en\/\">Painting Course<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, artenauta! Today we would like to continue in the line of drawing, teaching you some basic notions that you should know for your first creations. If, in previous posts, we told you everything you need to know to start a new experimenting with charcoal Today we want to give you a series of keys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":110712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,672],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-to-draw-is-easy","category-artadvice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}