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Drawing a Nose with Black Pencils and White Charcoal - Live Drawing Exercise

Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor via YouTube

Overview

Learn to draw a realistic nose using black pencils and white charcoal on toned gray paper in this live drawing exercise. Follow along as the instructor demonstrates techniques for observation, line work, blending, and adding details like freckles. Explore the use of different media including graphite, white charcoal, and blackboard chalk, while understanding value scales and the underlying skull structure. Gain insights on topics such as varnishing over graphite, the differences between white charcoal and chalk, and how to create a value map. This comprehensive tutorial covers various aspects of nose drawing, providing valuable tips and answering common questions to help improve your drawing skills.

Syllabus

Introduction
Drawing the Nose
Process of Observation
First Line
White Charcoal
Graphite
Media for Graphite
Varnish over Graphite
White Charcoal vs Chalk
Why cover graphite with acrylic medium
Blending stump
Working with values
blackboard chalk
adding freckles
special pencil
map changes
nose
skull
white paper
value scale
caveat
question

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Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

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    KEIMANI HILL
    This is the best course ever!
    I draw, traced and colored with pastel to make it look like a real person.
    I am willing to learn and improve my skills for the next challenge.
    Thank you.

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