Several days ago we saw the process of making a portrait with digital painting, from what is create the base with the right proportions then add the midtones and finally finish with the details. Today we are going to see that process but in relation to a portrait made with charcoal.
Charcoal is a material that you have to have a very clear treatment of what you want to do at all times since it is very easy to "stain" the drawing or portrait, hence it is not an easy technique as others can be. Stefan Harris, from his Instagram, shows us his creative process with charcoal.
There is a basic way of being able to do portraits, but yourself over time he finds his own technique, something that happens to Harris, since not all the samples shared here follow the same pattern. Here comes the mastery of oneself.
In this process that Harris shares on Instagram also shows the tools you use to carry out your work using charcoal.
If you are interested in following his artistic work and seeing more examples of the steps to follow in a charcoal portrait, you can access his Instagram. One of these unknown artists but we can get closer to his work thanks to social networks of the relevance of Instagram. Difficult that it would have been otherwise to be able to witness the details in certain illustrations by Harris where the tear duct and the use of white stand out to give that point of reality in the gaze of some of his models, as happens with the image below.
And if for whatever reason you were interested in trying charcoal, what better time than now in this new year and following part of the guidelines of this artist.