Transcripts
1. Welcome to charcoal drawing for beginners.: Hi and welcome to
relation Art Studio. In this class I'm
going to show you how you can use charcoal to draw butterflies and introduce you to the basics of drawing
with charcoal pencils. You're welcome to
join the class if you are a beginner or
an intermediate, or you simply have an interest
in drawing with charcoal. Inside this course, I will be drawing three different
butterflies using the same process of pencil first and then cold
sketching and drawing. So I've selected butterflies
because they are easy to draw and you can get really creative with your own choices. And they're also
perfect for beginners. And those who haven't used
charcoal pencils before. Art has always been
my favorite way to escape from the
busy work life. And sketching using simple and affordable mediums is one of the best ways to
express emotions and the stress from
the daily workload. I've been into art
since the age of five and I continued to grow
my practice every day. Inside this course,
you will find everything you need
from the list of equipment to the process steps and easy to follow
sketching tutorial. So you can start working as
you follow along with me. I've also broken down the steps into multiple videos
so you can find it easy to begin practicing calls catching as you
watch the videos. In the end of the
class, I preferred a little class project for
you that you can find under the Project and Resources
section in case you are interested in participating and sharing your work with
me and other students, either for inspiration
or for feedback. If you're interested in
sketching with charcoal pencils, join me on this class and let's draw together for the next hour.
2. List of equipment for this class.: Alright, so the
equipment that we need for this class is
first a sketchpad. I always go for the size A4. I like this size for
my own drawings. But if you have a different
size available at home, then you can use it as well. Then we have pencils. It's important to use
pencils when you are a beginner before you start
drawing where the charcoal, because it will be
easy for you to create the first sketch and then
delete it later with an eraser. And then you can
move on to drawing. Because it's a little
bit difficult to clean mistakes with charcoal. Of course, mistakes could happen when you are
drawing the first sketch, especially if you're
not happy with it. So I highly recommend
getting a pencil, which is also the
process that we're gonna be using in this class. Then I have charcoal pencils. So as you can see,
the first one I have here is hard charcoal pencil. I honestly don't really rely
on hard charcoal that much. It's very difficult to draw
with and to clean States. I highly reliant on the
soft or the medium. So if you do not have
charcoal pencils yet, I highly recommend to go
for the soft or the medium, and those are the ones that
we'll be using in this class. Then I have a pencil
sharpener right here. It's also nice to
have one during the class because you will
be using it multiple times, especially when you want
to draw some thin lines. Then we have this
charcoal eraser. So it's similar to
the normal one, but it's much better
for cleaning charcoal. And it helps you with
creating details similar to the ones that are
here on my cover. And then the final thing here
is this piece of charcoal. So this material is similar to the ones that you find inside
the pencils right here. But it is a bigger piece. So in case you want to
create some large areas with charcoal like this one right
here on the cover as well, then you can use a piece
of charcoal instead of spending a longer time on
drawing with a pencil. But if you do not have this one, do not worry because I will
rarely used inside the class. However, if you have it at my speed up the process for you. This is for the equipment
and let's move on to the next video and get started on sketching with a pencil.
3. Sketching the first butterfly with normal pencil.: Alright, so let's
start with sketching the first lines using
the normal pencil. And the first thing that
I always like to do is to draw a cross almost
independent of the page, because that will help me with the composition off the
sketch that I'm creating. So you don't have to be
very precise with it. But especially in such a
drawing like a butterfly, we need to have a
decomposition of the page so we can
have the butterfly in the middle and
also the two wings. So I'm going to start with drawing the body
of the butterfly. Going to start here
with the head. I'm gonna make the body
a little bit larger. And then the tail is going
to be a little bit thinner. So when you are drawing
from imagination, you do not have to worry a
lot about the first details. And especially that
you are using. Because it is very easy to fix mistakes in case you're not happy with the first sketch. I'm going to start with
the first wing now. Do not worry about adding
a lot of details right now because we haven't started
with the charcoal. So you're just using
the pencil to draw the first line so you can add some supportive
lines for you later. So everything here
will be deleted. And then we're going to draw on top of it with the charcoal. Like right here, I
made this long stake by taking the line a
little bit to the right. Meanwhile, I actually want the weight to be maybe a little bit tighter in this area. And this is gonna
be the half of it. And this is the other
half of the wing as well. So now I'm going
to try to create the same drawing from the
right side to the left side. So the first thing I want
to do is just measure. So it's almost right here. I think I'm going to
turn the sketch pad. As you can see, I'm growing
Elizabeth quickly because it doesn't matter right
now the lines that I'm drawing are not going
to be visible later. I think this one
needs to be Elizabeth large from this area right here. Then I'm going to draw this. Going to in this
area right here. I think that as a
start, this is okay. Of course I will do some fixing
to the composition later. But this will help me right now with adding the borders
of the butterfly. And maybe just do some
small adjustments. I want the space between the two sides of
each weighing to be a little bit more wider. So
maybe this way. And I liked the curve of
this one more than this one. So I'm just going
to adjust this one, I believe in breadth. And then I'm gonna get started on the inner off of each way. This is your free space. You don't have to
really have to follow everything that I'm
drawing right now. You can also draw from
your own imagination. If you want the design of the
butterfly to be different. I think I wanna go
for something simple. And especially if this is your first time
drawing with charcoal, I do not want to add
so many details. So it will be easy for beginners
to follow the process. But feel free to to improvise and add your own touch on your own growing as well. And I think I want to draw
some veins in the design, so maybe something like this. Now I'm going to try to copy whatever I've done over here. So just to count, we
have 1234567 here. So I have 12345. And then number
six is connected. So first I have this one. Line, number seven is
this one right here. Now I'm going to start
on the bottom side. So again, 123456. I'm going to start first
with the middle one. I have to write here. So you don't have to
be very, very precise, as you can see, even though I'm trying to copy
paste the same, you still can have free space to draw a natural butterfly, so you don't have to
be very identical between the left or the right. But if you want to follow
the same process and try to apply the same
design on both wings. You just have to count
whatever you've done in one side and then
add it to the other. So I have 1234 and
then 56 right here. I think I want to improvise
a little bit on this one. So maybe you just I have
some corners to it. It feels like this area right here is a
little bit larger. So I have 123456
and the same here, but it just feels like I drew these two in
the wrong place. Okay, I think this looks
a little bit better. So the only thing
that I still want to adjust is this area right here. So I think that this
is a little bit too narrow convert this one. I'm just going to do a
final adjustment to it. Also lifted up. So
as you can see, adjusting your first
sketch is very, very easy when you
start with a pencil. This is why it is essential to have it on your
list of equipment. Maybe later on when you're
experienced in using charcoal, you might want to skip
this process and move straight to using the
charcoal pencils. But if you're a beginner, this will help you a lot
and you will not end up wasting some of your drawings because you made
a mistake that is a little bit too
difficult to fix. Right? So I'm happy with
the sketch for now. Of course, there's
mistakes that will be fixed when we move
to the charcoal, but it's a good idea to have the first gets ready before you move
on to the next step. So what we have to do
right now before moving to using charcoal is
clean up this sketch. So do not clean everything, so just keep with
elicit physical. But just as you can see here, I'm just wiping some of the lines and she can see
that you still can see them, but they're not as visible
as the ones I just drew. Because this will
help you see them, but they will be wiped out
and replaced by charcoal. So just follow this step and
wipe everything you draw. And let's move on to
the next video and get started on drawing with
the charcoal pencils.
4. Sketching the first butterfly with charcoal pencil.: So I wipe the pencil drawing and right now I'm going to start with redrawing the same lines but using the charcoal pencil. So I'm going to
use the software. It's also up to you if you
want to use the medium, but I would rather
use this one as well. But I do not recommend going
for the hard charcoal. I'm going to start
first with the head. As you can see right now, a little bit more careful
about the lines that I'm drawing because it's not as easy to clean
up the charcoal. Just going to add small eyes right here and shave the
head a little bit more. Now I'm going to move
to the first way and then just do the
same on the other side. Now I will move to
the second half. So you have to be patient
when you are drawing those lines and
especially the borders. And do not worry if
you made mistakes, you'll still be able
to clean some of them using the rubber eraser. But the goal is to avoid
that as much as possible. Now, I'm just trying to connect. The final one. I'm
looking at what I've already done here so I can apply the same design right here. I see some curves that I have this little tail. There you go. I'm happy
with the borders, but I might add some
thicker borders later. But right now I want to
go ahead and continue adding the lines that I
already drew with a pencil. It's also a good idea to
sharpen your pencil from time-to-time just to keep the lines that you are
drawing very sharp. So I think I'm just going
to do that right now. Right? So I'm happy with
the shape of the butterfly. And I think right now I'm
just gonna go ahead and start adding the same lines
that I drew with the pencil. I'm going to start
with these ones. The final 1 first. And then I'm going to
move to the other side. Then do the same thing. So this 1 first, this one right here,
and the final one. So now I'm going to move to
the lines here on the bottom. You can see it's much
easier to grow when you already have your sketch. And then with visible, You're right, So this is it for adding
the first sketch. Right now I want to move
ahead to adding some details. It's actually my favorite part because that's when we can get really creative and dive into the experience of
using charcoal. Let's go ahead and move
to the next video and get started on adding some
details and some shadows.
5. Adding the final details (coal grading) to the first butterfly.: Alright, so let's start right now with adding some details. And the first thing that I
noticed is that I did not actually add the eyes
of the butterfly. So I'm gonna just draw
two lines right here. Then another one
here on the left. This one, it's just too short. Alright, so what I want
to do right now is make the borders Olympic ticker, especially here on top. So what I'm gonna do is
just draw some lines that are right next to the
ones that I already have. You will start seeing how adding these details will really
transform the sketch. I also want to make this
one I lived with thicker. This one right here. I think I like this approach. So I'm making the lines
thicker here closer to the body and then
they just sent out. I get to the border. Final one right here. Now, we'll move to
the other side. So it's really up to
you if you want to finish an entire side and
then move to the other. But my strategy is just tried to apply the same work
as soon as possible. Then I still have the
border right here. I think I made the side
a little bit too thick. So I'm just going to
equal this one as well. Right? So now we'll move to the
details inside these two. What I will do right now
is something optional. So if you do not want to do it, then feel free to skip it. But I think that
this is going to be a special part of drawing
with charcoal experience. So it's actually
using your hand, it to spread there the
coal around the drawing. So simply by just holding
your pinky and doing this, you're going to be
spreading the coal. You can see it just
spreads really nicely around the area that you're
wiping your pinky width. And it will get dirty it, but some people maybe
do not like that, but I think it's a really
nice part of the experience. So you can see here how it's detailing from a little bit too dark and then
stays white right here. It's not as easy to do the
same thing with a pencil. And do not worry, you
will be able to clean your hands with normal
soap afterwards. Scary. Make the lines
a little bit longer. And especially here on the edges just to
equal the other side. So now I will just
work on the head 11. And I'm going to add something
details to the body. So first I'm just going to
use the pencil sharpener. I think that's it.
I'm going to keep the extra fit for
a different style. So maybe a line
here and the moon. And then I'm just gonna
make this section right here and then with darker. So right now I'm going to apply the same process to these two. And then on the other side, I'm really happy
with the results of this code grading
in this fourth. So I'm just going to
keep them as they are. And then I'm going to move to
these two sides right here. So first, I'm going to
start with the slides. I think I'll just make this
one a little bit thicker. The same way I applied
to the top one. I'm gonna do the same
thing in the bottom. So just the top border is
thicker than the rest. Again, like I said before, this is your own free space to draw the butterfly
of your choice. Maybe you can skip
some of the steps that I'm working on right now
if you do not like them. So as long as you're happy with the design that you're
coming up with. It's okay to change things. I just want to make
these ones here a little bit thicker like I did
on the other side. Now I want to grade the
greatest from the slides. So just simply by wiping
my pinky on them. And then do the
same thing on top. Alright, so one thing I always like to do
is set, of course, cleanup breadth areas that were caused by my hand,
as you can see, already got some
colon if and it can spread to the coat
around the drawing. This piece of rubber,
the charcoal eraser. You can see it's
just very easy to clean All around the
growing with it. So do not worry in case you have the same things because
once you're done, you can just do this quickly. These are some leftover lines from the pencils drawing I have. This looks good enough. I think that the
drawing here is okay, I feel like it's finished. It's something
that most beginner or advanced artists
think of is like, what can I add it to my
drawing to make it better? So you might always feel
like you're drawing is not complete and the sketch
could always be improved. But I like to respect
the work that I've done and then I can move
on to a different drawing. However, there's something I like to do which is to always leave the last two minutes
of my work too well, take a look at the
work I've done and think about what could be
improved for next time. So in my case, I think, for example, that I want to focus
more on details like, as you can see, these
two lines right here are not very identical because
this line goes to the edge, which is the second one. Meanwhile, the first line is the one that goes to
the edge right here. Next time I want to be
more careful about that. But I'm still happy
with the work. I think that the
charcoal drawing, especially using simple
sketches like a butterfly, is a great start. And then you can move on to more complicated drawings as you get more
experienced with it. I'm going to stop with
this drawing right here and let's move
on to a new one.
6. Second style & different position - Sketching with normal pencil.: Alright, so it's time
to get started on a new sketch and it will
be a second butterfly, but this time it will be
a different position. So we will be looking at it from the side and not from the
front like the first one. I also want to change the
position inside my sketchpad, so I'll be drawing
with vertical. And the first thing to do
like before is to get started on drawing some lines in
the middle of the page. Now I will start with
the wings first. So just to place the body of the butterfly and
the correct place first, I think I'm just going to draw very thin line.
So maybe this way. And then the body of the
butterfly will be right here. And I just want to make this one a little
bit bigger from this area. And then this one will
be a little bit shorter. So similar to the first one, it will have two parts to the
top one and the bottom one. Just going to try to make the details a little
bit different. Hey, imagine the body of
the butterfly will be dark. And I think maybe I'll just at this table right
here and the legs. Right. So, so far the sketch is, okay, this is what
I have in mind. So I'm going to start
by adding some details. Just before I clean up
the pencil drawing. Just so I can think
of some composition for the details I want
to add to the wing. Maybe along one right here. So adding these details
really helps me with drawing the lines
with the charcoal. It's okay to improvise right now because it will ease up the process of adding
the final details. Right? So I'm happy with this. So I'm gonna go ahead
and clean it up so we can start with
the charcoal pencil.
7. Sketching the second butterfly with charcoal pencil & adding final details.: So I cleaned up or the pencil drawing and
right now I'm going to draw the same lines but
using the charcoal pencil. So those details that I
worked on with a pencil, I'm just going to try
it angry mark them. Just like the first drawing. If you want to
improvise as you go, then you should do that. As long as you keep
it on the safe side. So do not ask, are the details that will be difficult
for you to clean up. Now, the bottom one, I think I want to add
this detail right here, just to separate
them a little bit. This one broke, so
I'm going to use the medium one. Now. I will just draw the body. Then these two legs. This is the closer one and
that's the background. That's why it's a
little bit shorter. The eyes. Now I'll get started on the details
inside of the way. So I liked the long line
that I created here. These two short lines. Then I will just try to
add some more right here. I think since they are
the body of the butterfly is flour space that I
want to cover with coal. Then I will be using the
piece of charcoal right here. If you do not have
one, you can just go ahead and continue the
work with a pencil. Right, So this looks okay. Right now I'm going
to start just adding some details between
the body and the wing. I'm going to try it and
just mix them together with some shadow in-betweens. I'm just trying to
make this line. The other one broke as well. Just have to use a
pencil sharpener. And then just follow until I'm done with these
lines right here. I'm going to go ahead right
now and apply the same instead of using my pinky
just to make the call. First-year inside the body. Now I'm just going to start just spread it a
little bit around. In some areas I feel like
it's still a little bit empty and I really like the
darkness of the entire body. So I'm just going to
try and cover them. And it's really nice
to do the grading when you have a
really large amount of coal to spread around. I just think it got
it much right here, so I'm just going to
try and clean those. So I'm gonna go ahead and
add some more details also to the border lights here. Now I'm just going
to try and even out the thickness of this line. I like the simplicity
of service side, the small details and
baselines right here. So I do not think I want
to change much of it. We'll just do cleaning to
this part in a second. Now this bottom line, I do not want it to
be thicker than this. I'm just going to leave
it as it is right now. I'm just going to clean
up right in the middle because I really like how
white edges of the wings are. So I'm just going to
keep them as they are. I'm not even going to
grade some cool inside. So I'm just going to focus
on this grid right here. And I think it
looks a write-down. So I actually really like it, the results of this
butterfly right here. I do not want to add
more details because I think the simplicity
of it is nice enough. So I'm going to stop it here. And I actually cannot find any improvements that I
can add for next time. Maybe just the gradient
here is supposed to get maybe a little bit
darker before it gets to this very light gray. But I also want to
separate the body and the wing as
much as possible. So you can see that the
wing starts right here. So maybe if you want, you can just increase the darkness here
other than breadth. But besides that, the sketch is complete and let's move
on to another one.
8. Final butterfly style - Sketching with normal pencil.: Alright, so for the
third butterfly we're drawing in this class, I'm gonna go with the same
style as the first one. We're gonna be
facing the butterfly and I will be drawing two wings. So I'm gonna go back
to the basics and draw two lines in the
middle of the page. Then for the shape
of the butterfly, I'm going to try to create
something different. So first I'm going to
start with the body. Just make it a little
bit sooner from here. Now I will just
draw some lines to define the borders
of the butterfly. So I think I want to go for something a little bit different with the wings this time. So these lines are
just to help me with measuring the wings and making sure that
they aren't even. Then I will just try to
connect them right here. I think I just want to make
this one a little bit wider. And from the other side as well. Right? I think I'm happy with the corners off the butterfly. Excuse me, draw the
eyes right here. Now I will just start deciding details when you are
drawing from imagination. And by now, this should be the third time
you're doing this. It might be a good
idea for you to start thinking of the ideas
that you thought about earlier when you
were brainstorming some design ideas for how you want to style the butterfly. Drawing with charcoal
is very similar to abstract drawing because you have the freedom to
select whatever you'd like to add to your own drawing. I think in my case, I want to add a lot of details
with charcoal this time, I'm going to make this
butterfly look a little bit darker than the other
two that I drew. And I want to give it some
more details on the edges. So this will be my
space to do so. Think maybe details
like these ones. Then I will just continue
adding them as I go. May also want to do
the same thing here. So as long as you are drawing
on one side and then trying to apply the same idea on the
other. You should be okay. I think another one right here. And again, you don't have to
be a perfectionist about it. As long as you're just trying
to add the same details, you don't have to be
very strict with drawing the exact same sizes and measuring every single
one you're drawing. In this goes to emphasize how important it is to start
with the normal pencil. Because in case you do not
like what you're working on, you can always just clean it
up and start from scratch. So I'm okay with the details are for the bottom one so far, I think I'm going to
move to the top one. I think I want the details
to be a little bit more visible and
the bottom side, but on the top one, I
will have them to be a little bit more abroad. And last lines in between, at least on the area
here closer to the body. So first, I'm going to
draw these two lines. And then simply now I just
wanted to fill the space, which is one of the
interesting things about drawing from
imagination as you create while you are
working on your art. I think there's just this line here is a little bit too narrow. I'm actually going
to fix it right now. I want some more space between this line right
here and this one. Just to take another look at it. So I think the other
one starts right here. I'm just going to
clean up the oceans. Now. I'm just going to try and
redefine lines one last time to connect these right here. So again, you do not
have to try and follow the exact same design that
I'm coming up with right now. Try to give your creativity a chance and see what lines
you will end up drawing. I think this should
be a little bit too close to the left side. Then this area I'll
just be filling up with circles and then coloring
the outside world. And then I'll just leave
this space right here for spreading some charcoal. Right? So the first
sketch seems okay. I'm gonna go ahead and
clean this one up so we can move on to the
charcoal drawing.
9. Sketching with charcoal - defining the final butterfly design.: Alright, so let's start with redrawing these lines
using the charcoal pencil. I'm going to go ahead
and start with the body. So first the head right here, and then just continue
with the same lines. So again, as we said earlier, that he should be
a little bit more careful when you're
drawing with the charcoal. And just take it a little
bit slower as well. At least when you are defining the borders of your drawing. So I'm just going
to carefully try to add the details that
I drew earlier. And then just try to create
an identical link right here. So first I have this
curve right here, so I'm just going to draw that. And then very little
one right here. Then we have two smaller curves. And then a third one. And then a final
curve right here. I'll just draw the bottom of it. I just wanted to
be more careful. Now I will just draw the
orders for the bottom sides. I'm just going to connect it
with the body here first. And then just
created minds here. I'm just going to
draw the top one now. There you go. So I'm
gonna go ahead right now and start doing the
details inside. I'm going to start
with the bigger lines. First, these two right here. And this time I'm going
to pay more attention to the details so I can have identical wanes
as much as possible. So just be careful
where you start the lines and the
spaces in-between. So first I'm going to
draw the sphere one. And then just try to follow the same sketch that I
created with a pencil. And I'm just going
to go ahead and connect these two together. All right, so right
now I'm just going to draw this line in the top side of the wings and then move on to
the bottom ones. I'm going to start
with these right here. And then just keep
following the same process. You can find many
different designs of these on the Internet in case, again, you're not happy
with the drawing, the same one that
I'm working on. Otherwise, I really
encourage you to try and create your own
one from scratch. So use your imagination and think of a style
that attracts you. Maybe you're happy with more sharp edges instead of curvy ones like the
one that I'm creating. I think that's it
for sketching beer. First lines. So
I'm just gonna go ahead and free Draghi's. And let's move on to
adding the details.
10. Coal drawing & grading - part #1 : Alright, so back to
my favorite part, which is adding the details. I'm gonna go ahead and start
with the borders because I want the borders of the
wings to be very thick. So I'm gonna go
ahead and do that. So as mentioned before, I want to add a lot of charcoal
inside this butterfly. I'll be adding so many darkness, so it will be darker
than lighter, which is not the case in
the previous two drawings. As you can see,
it's easy to draw two lines and then
fill them in between, then you can always just
adjust the thickness. So right now I'm just covering the details a little
bit quickly, but later on, I will just make sure to finalize the thickness
of the lines later. So far I'm going to move on to the second one and just
do the same process. You might be wondering
why I'm not using it. A piece of charcoal right here. But that's because it
will be a little bit less easy for me to
create lines with it. However, if you want
to fill some spaces, then you can go
ahead and use it. But S4, the borders of it. I highly recommend that
you go for the pencil. Alright, so I just want to
look at the thickness and I see that this one is still
a little bit thicker, so I'm just gonna go ahead
and try it, equal them. And then just a little
bit right here. I'm gonna do the
same and the bottom. And then just start
from the other side and just connect
them right here. And then the final one. Now I'm gonna get started
with the details on top. So these circles
that I drew earlier, I'm just gonna go ahead
and randomly creates. Now I'm just going to fill
this space in-between. As you can see, it is
getting much darker. So don't worry about the
fact that there's gonna be some white areas right
here because later on when we spread
the coal around, he'll be able to fix that. So three circles right
here and I'm just going to Color around them as well. I'm just improvising as I go. Just finding the spaces that I think it fits to add a circle, and just coloring the rest. Feel free to draw them
first with a pencil if you're not comfortable creating them with a charcoal pencils. Just in case you're unhappy with where you're
looking at them. You can also just
add them with the charcoal right away if
you're comfortable with it. I'm actually going to create smoother for
whitespace right here. Just to make it, I'm
sure it's not gonna get too dark. Right? So I'm just going
to create those 3 first and then apply
the same process. I'm just going to color that. I just also want to
look at that as I go. So one right here, smaller one next to it. Closer to this side. This will be the fourth, and then there's 100. Smaller one right here. I have these three left, so they are identical. It's just more space right here. And then in this area, I'm going to try to fix that. In this place. I'm just slowly trying to get
this one closer. As you can see it, It's not
very satisfying to look at the charcoal right
now because we haven't done any spreading yet. But don't worry
about that because the end results
will look a little bit different than this. And it also takes a
little bit longer to finish covering up
with the charcoal. So if you want, you could consider using the the piece of charcoal
instead of the charcoal pencil. Maybe I will try to
do that as well. I think I'm just going to
try to cover this area. It's just a little bit
intimidating to see that. They will not be able to
see a little bit behind. Because there are some
circles that I want. White sound just tried to cover it a little
bit more carefully. And then I will just
stop right here until I decide what to do with
the rest of the space. S for this side, I
think I'm going to start covering it as well. But first I want to draw
some very small circles. Just a few one right here. So there's two in this area. Three. If you want to add less or
more than, this is up to you. Just always remember
that this is your own space to create
whatever you want. I think I'm going to
cover in-between them with the charcoal
pencil instead. Just because the details over
to small and I'm worried I would cover them with a
piece of charcoal by mistake. So now I'm gonna
move to the other side and also just feel some large spaces before I start adding some small details
with the charcoal pencil. Right? So I think I'm just
going to use it right now because it doesn't seem
to save me more time. I'm just going to try
to define this one. Then do the same thing
around these small circles. You can see that
there's some leftover from my hand around this place. But if you face
the same problem, don't worry because we can
easily clean it afterwards. It's important for me to
leave the rest of the areas. So why It's because the
butterflies are ready too dark. So it makes sense to keep all these areas right
here and whites. This is, of course, my
own personal preference. But if you have some different
ideas than he should, of course go for them. You're right, so this
one is pretty much done. So I'm gonna go ahead and apply the same process
on the other side. Then again, I'll have to define the edges of the areas
that I want to keep white. As I said before, this
is even better for longer process than the
other two drawings. That's because we're using
a larger amount of coal. So it takes some patients. Five. I'm really looking forward to seeing the end result. It's rare for me as
well to use this. That's cool in one
small drawing. And the bottom one is done.
11. Coal drawing & grading - part #2: So right now I want to focus
on these two top ones. Just so I can have the final
shape of the butterfly. I'm going to try to cover them. And as I said before, I want the white areas to be
a little bit bigger here. Then in the bottom,
I'm going to keep all these ones in white and just define the
edges in-between them. I'm gonna be covering
some of the area right here with
cove and the rest. I will just spread
the coal around it, so I'll just keep the lines
in this side right here. Then I'll just do
the same over here. And then just apply the
same work is over there. So first, I'm just going
to define each one of them is detail. So this is gonna
be the first one. And then since the second, you can see there's this one right here and then
there's white area. It's not just can
do the same thing. It's always easier to do the second one because you already know what
you're drawing. You're just trying
to cover your face. And then there's this
fine line right here. All right, so right
now I'm going to clean up or Lindbergh because it looks a little bit too dirty. I'm actually going to try to just spread the
piece and then Bye. It covers bigger space. I'm definitely going to be doing some work cleaning later, but just so I can see the end results without the
oldest mess around them. I'm trying to do
some cleaning right now because I wanted
to see the drawing without Nicole and
the white areas. Right? So this is enough.
Now, I'm gonna go ahead and start spreading
because all around. So first I'm going to
start with the tough area. In some areas you have to add some more code to spread it. So you can see every time we
try to add some more calls, the drawing looks a
little bit better. And then right here
I'll just be spreading. To add some more lines. I have some more
cool to work with. Again, like I said before, if you're not comfortable
with using your hand and getting your hands
dirty when you're using the charcoal pencil, then feel free not to
apply the same steps. You can try to rely on
the charcoal pencil, but it will not be
the same results because you're going to be drawing some lines
with the pencil. So it's easier to define
the circles first. And then just try to cover
all the white areas. Made a small mistake
by covering this one, but you're right. Make sense to stretch the
edges of this one right here. And then do the same
thing on the other side. So right now I think I will
move to these two right here. So I'm just going to start
spreading right away. You can see it already
got more dirty than before, but that's okay. I'll just be patient
when I'm cleaning it up. As long as I get the
results that I want from the darkness of the core. Just trying to even out these two lines in the space
between them, in the body. Those circles almost
are disappearing, but it's okay because
I will just use the rubber eraser
to make them white. Right? So wow, maybe just making this one a
little bit darker again. This area right here. The final thing I want
to work on is actually the body because I haven't
started on that yet. So I think I just wanted to
give it simple since there's already too much
details on the wings. I'm just going to
redefine it again. Right? So I think
this is enough. I'm going to spend some time
on cleaning the drawing. So let's move on
to the next video where I will be showing you the final result
and also explain a little bit about
the class project.
12. Show me your work! (Class project).: Alright, so I finished
cleaning this one. I do not even want to
touch it because it's getting a dirty really
easily from my hands. I'm happy with the results. And if you were able to
follow through the process, I know it took a little bit
longer than the other two, but I believe that it's worth it because I'm happy with the
darkness of the butterfly. Now for the class project, I would like to ask
you to select one of the butterfly designs in
this class are either one of your choice that you'll
find on the Internet or you created it by herself
from your imagination. If you please take a picture
of your drawing and then edit it under the projects
and resources section below. I would love to see your work and if you would like to ask for feedback or to share it with me for inspiration, I
would love to see it. So this is it for this class. I really hope that you
had fun drawing together and I look forward to seeing
you in my upcoming courses.
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