Transcripts
1. Introduction 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 angel wings and introduce you
to the basics of drawing and sketching
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 two different
angel wings using the same process of pencil first and then the coast
sketching and drawing. So I've selected angel wings
because they are easy to draw and you can get 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 called sketching as you
watch the videos. The end of the class, I prepared 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
drawing with charcoal pencils, join me on this
class and let's draw some angel wings together
for the next hour.
2. Class equipment: The equipment that we
need for this class is first a sketchpad to draw on. I always go for the size A4 because I liked the size
for my own drawings. But if you have something
else available at home, like something bigger or
smaller that you want to use, then you can do that as well. Then we have a pencil. It's important to have a pencil when you're drawing with cold, especially as a beginner
because it will be much easier for you
to fix mistakes. Meanwhile, a few start the straight using the
charcoal pencils, then it might be
more difficult for you to erase mistakes
if you draw it. And then we have
these three pens. As you can see, I have
some different sizes. So the first one
is the soft one. So this is soft coal. It is very easy to draw with. And then we have the
medium right here. I always prefer medium. I think that it looks
the best on drawings, but sometimes you might want
to use some different ones. And then finally that
there's the hard one. If you want to just have one than I highly recommend
going with medium. However, if you want to have
all of them three available, then it will be a good idea in case you will have a
change in heart later. There's a piece of charcoal. So instead of a pencil, I have a thick piece here. I can use this one if I want
to maybe cover a sketch, if I want to cover flex
here like this one in my sketch cover if
you want to use it faster or if you want to just draw some shapes
and some shadows using the piece of
charcoal instead of the pencil just to
speed up the process. But if you do not have
this one, do not worry. It's not that important
as long as you have the pencils right here, then we have a pencil
sharpener here. This one is for normal pencil, and then I have a separate
one for my charcoal pencils. And then finally this paste, it looks like a
little bit of a gum. You can find this
in the art shop where you can use it
instead of an eraser. If you do not have this one, then you can also
use the eraser. But I highly recommend getting one of these because it cleans the cold drawing's better
than a normal eraser does. This, is it for the equipment that we need for this class? I hope you have
everything ready on your table and let's get
started on the drawing.
3. Sketching with pencil - First angel wing: Alright, so let's start on
sketching the angel wings. And the first thing that
I always like to do is to draw a cross in the
middle of the page. Because this will help you with the composition
of the page, knowing where the drawing is. And especially in a
drawing like this, when you are drawing
almost two identical way to the left and the
right of the page. So this one will be
deleted afterwards, but just to help us
with the composition. So you don't really have to
use a ruler or anything. You just have to use
the naked eye just to think of where could be
the middle of the page. So now I have almost four
same size squares on my page. And then you can get started
on sketching the wings. The first style I want to
go with something a little bit big and also has some
edges here at the end. I'm going to start
with the right one. As we said before, that the sketch
that you draw with a pencil or something that
you will delete later. So you don't really have to
worry about so many details. You just have to
draw the first thing that you will erase. And then you draw on top
of it with the coal. So I'm just going to
make the curve here. And then just the
wing right here. And then I'm just going to move the Sketchpad so I can draw
almost an identical one. See where the lines
are helping me with. So the sizes here
are supposed to be identical as
much as possible. You don't have to be a
perfectionist about it. You're drawing a
natural wings that are not necessarily
100% identical, but you want to get the best
carbon-based when possible. So, so far so good. I'm just gonna try
to size the wings. So maybe if this
is the size of it. And I can also go,
It's right here, so I can have an edge
here and here as well. Then I will start drawing
just off the wings. So first I'm just going to
draw a very thin line here. Maybe make it a little
bit tighter in this area. And then again break here and then do the same
thing on the other side. I'm just going to do this. I think this one is a
little bit too long, so I'm going to shorten it. Right? So this is basically just the body of it where
the weight is going to go. And as we said, those lines
will be deleted later. Let's get started on
drawing some feathers. I'm going to start
with the bigger ones. So I'm just gonna go with
the top ones right here. I want them to be ECI, so I want the top
of it to be sharp. I'm going to do this. And then just drove
from imagination what I want my angel
wings to look like. It's up to you if you
want to draw one by one. So if you want to draw
the first wing here and then immediately go
to the second one, andro, which right away
if you really want to, two ways to be identical. But I think I want to draw the first way and
then I can move on to the second one and then I can
draw the other way as well. So it's really up to you how
you're comfortable with it. When you're first starting out. It's really more about finding
that smooth process that gets you in the zone off
drawing from imagination. So how are you most comfortable
when you're drawing, whether it's with that
pencil or with the coal. So just to show you how
you can just look at the right size of the
wing which you draw, are ready and how you can just
copy the drawing decimate. I'm gonna go ahead and
continue this wing right here. So I'm just going to continue
to draw more feathers. I want something to be in the bag and some of them
to be in the front. So the big ones are going to
be the ones in the front. Then I'm just going to make it a little bit of
space between them. And then this one will be
the back feather right here. Then I will draw some more like on the second
line of feathers. So I wanted to go like this. And then maybe just make some of them a little
bit longer than the others. I'm trying to basically
just focus them on this area because
in here I will be drawing a different
selection of feathers. Maybe I'll just add some
feathers right here. You don't really have to
worry about the details of this pencil since it
will be erased later. And on some of it you will
be drawing with coal. Just extend this section
here and living bread. The nice thing about
drawing something simple like angel
wings is that you have the freedom to use your
imagination so you don't really have to stick
to one particular thing. You can just go with anything
that you feel like it looks nice and you want
to try it as a beginner. And then from there you can just keep doing
the same thing and trying different
styles until you reach something that
you're really happy with. It's also a good idea if you want some inspiration just
to go ahead to a place like pinterest or a
place like YouTube, or just even searching for it on Google and just seeing
what do they look like. If you just want to collect some drawing inspiration that
you can cut and paste from. I don't see anything
wrong with trying to get inspired when
you're a beginner and just finding that nice style that you want to apply
for your own growing. So here I want to go with a different
collection of feathers. So I wanted to be a little
bit more straight together. So I'm just gonna go ahead and draw some really
big feathers here. Then maybe in this
area I'm just going to have a very thick feather. Like it will be
attached to the body. Alright, so the body of
the right-wing is done, and now all I have
to do is just do the same work on the left side. So as we said, I'm
going to try as much as possible to just draw
that same thing, but it's up to you
if you want to, especially as a beginner, just test new different ways. And then just see which
one you like the most. And as we said, since
it's with pencil, the easiest thing for
you is just to fix mistakes and redraw the
same thing over and over again before
you get started on using the charcoal pencils. I think this big
feather comes here. I'm drawing this one. And it looks like it's not on the line as
it's supposed to. So there's a mistake. I'm just going to try and draw a smaller 1
first, this one. Then go ahead and draw
this bigger one here. This is also where
the lines that we draw in the very beginning, those to come in handy. So they help you with
the composition and copying pasting the wing again. I'm just going to use
the pencil sharpener. And then just start
on the second line. So here where I start to centralize the
feathers to this side, then I'm just going to make
those bigger ones right here. The thing I was drawing, maybe wanting for
their rights here. So I'm just going to be
still here together. Then the final line right here. Then I'm just going
to fill this space with more feathers as well. Now the straighten feathers. I'm just going to first draw
this big feather right here. Alright, so we're done with just drawing the very first sketch. And now I'm gonna go ahead
and wipe all of this out. So I will see is just very, very thin lines of drawing that I will just
be fixing afterwards. So just go ahead and clean
everything you drew. And as you can see here, they're almost
gone, but you still can see where you
drew these lines. If you look at it afterwards and you see that you're
unhappy with it, then you can just go ahead
and start growing again. You can do this process as many times as possible until you're
happy with the drawing. And remember, this has nothing to do with the end result is just the very basic sketch
that you're drawing just to see how the end
result will be. So go ahead and wipe the
drawing after you're done. And then we can move on to
the next video where I'll start with the charcoal pencils.
4. Sketching with charcoal - First angel wing: Alright, so I wiped the pencil drawing with my piece
of paper right here. And as we said before, you're welcome to
use a normal eraser if you do not have one of those. And then now we can
get started with the drawing using
the coal pencils. I'm gonna go with a medium
one, this one right here. And then I'm going
to get started with drawing the basic lines here. So when you're drawing now
with the colvin source, you have to be a little
bit more careful. Of course, you can
still fix mistakes, but it will not be as easy
as when it is with pencils. Didn't make this edge
here a sharp one. I also want to make this one a little bit more front
than the back wings. So instead of having
the line stuck to it now I just want to move
it a little bit to the back. So I'm just gonna do this. And then just finished
the line right here. Now I will just do the
same to the left-wing. So I'm just going to
draw this line this way. And then do the same thing with this big feather right here. So I'm just going to
draw the edge first. Just trying to measure the
size between these two. So I assume it will be
somewhere around here. And then do the same
thing right here. So I think it will
be around this area. And then this final
bump right here. So as you can see here,
I'm a little bit more careful drawing these
lines right now. At the beginning when I
was drawing with a pencil, I just really just wanted to sketch the first thing
and then clean it up and then start with
the charcoal pencil. Also a little bit more
attention to details. And of course, a lot of
mistakes can happen. You do not have to
worry about that. You can make your
best as a beginner. And then afterwards, you will be drawing a little bit more faster and a little
bit more smoother. You might want to start from scratch and you do not have
to feel bad about that. It's never a waste of
time when you're starting something from scratch
and you're new to it. So just be patient with yourself when you're doing something
for the very first time. And then your hand will
take on the new material, especially if this
is your first time growing with charcoal pencils. I'm gonna go ahead and paint this very last
feather right here. I'm going to try to do
the exact same thing. So I'm just going to make it a little bit more
back like this one. Then I will start
this time instead of from the firm itself feathers, I'm going to start
with the smaller ones because I want to give
them more details. Then by the end of
it, I will just draw the bigger
feathers right here. So I'm going to start
first with drawing the rest of this feather here. So let's say that I want to just stretch it a little bit to
the top from both sides. And then maybe give it a
small photo right here. It's okay to also improvise
like I'm doing right now. So I did not draw this
feather using the pencil. But just right now I thought
that will look good. So I wanted to do it and it's okay for you to do
the same as well. So it is a little bit too risky since I didn't draw
it with pencil, but it's okay because at the end we are not
drawing a copy-paste thing, we're just using
our imagination. I'm going to start with the small feathers from
this side as well. And then do the same thing here. I just drew the last 1 first
and then this till one. I'm just going to draw it here. Alright, so now I'm going
to move to the second line. So the feathers
that are located in this area and this
one right here. So I'm gonna do this one. I'm going to rely
a little bit on the ones that I already
drew with a pencil. So I'm just going
to try to redraw them with the cold pencil. I'll just draw the
front 1 first. And then just the back when
do the top of it this way. This will be a back
feathers here. So now I will do the same. Then the third one, cylinder the carrier
than the others. So I'm done with
this one right here, and then I have
these three left. So this one. And then this is the back feather. And then another line again. So I'm gonna start with
the top one right here. I'll draw this one right here. Then the back one. I'll do the same thing again. And then back one. I'll make those a little bit bigger than I did when I was
drawing with a pencil. I think I will draw another
big one right here. Alright, so let's
start copying pasting. So this is the first and then second one is a
little bit bigger. And also to the bag. Then comes the feather
number five or six. So as you can see
here, I'm looking at each one of
them as I drew it. So I'm looking at the right
side and then see which further I drew and then
just try to copy paste it. And as you can see also
the lines that I drew first now are changing
a little bit. So I'm not really relying
a 100% the pencil drawing, but just trying to use
as much of it as I can. We have this fellow right here, but I just want to draw this 1 first and then the top one. So see here, I drew
this line here and it will be a little bit
more difficult to clean it, but it's not impossible. So I'm just going
to try and do that. That I will just draw the
final big feather right here. They're not a 100% identical, but I'm happy with
how they look. I want to try to draw the very first
line towards the end. So this one right here, but it is up to
you if you want to follow the same process or not. But for right now,
I want to draw the bottom feathers and I want to give them a
little bit of a curve. So I'm going to start with
the very last one right here. Just a very, very small, almost noticeable
curve right here. Just to shape the way like I did in the
very edge right here. So I'm gonna do the same
thing on the other side. I will have to do
some fixing above the address of them
because they're not even but that's okay
because I will have to give them some shadows at the end. I just feel like there's
something missing here because this one
is coming from the end. Meanwhile, as this one
is not the same line, so I'm just gonna go ahead
and try to fix this one. This way. We have two feathers, but they do meet in
this line right here. Alright, so now I will move to the very final line and I will be drawing the biggest feathers. So I will start with a
very big one right here. Then it's smaller here. And then just
continue with align oneself them to be in the bag so we just drawing
the edges of them. So this one, for example, this one right here. I left some empty
space right here. Then now I will just
copy paste the drawing. So first I will go
with the biggest one. I'll try to make it as identical to the right one as possible. And then just keep looking at the right feathers as I
move on with the drawing. So I'm just going to make those a little bit bigger like
I did in the right-wing. This one was a shorter feather, and then this one was
a little bit bigger. So I have the first one
here not completed yet. Now I have first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh. So I assume I have up to
this one right here, 234567. So now I have the back one. I'll draw it after I draw
the feather number eight. Just a little bit
shorter and then the back one is longer. So just to take a look at
it and see if it is even. It is almost even since
this one is the longer. And then we have a
short-circuit feather here. Then I will just continue. Then a back further right here. I'm just going to sharpen
my pencil a little bit. And then I have these set rewrite here and
then this back one. So I'm going to
draw the first one. I assume that there is a feather here that
I didn't draw them. So that's it for sketching the angel wings where
the charcoal pencil, Let's move on to the next
step and start adding some details and some
shadows on the feathers.
5. Charcoal drawing - First angel wing: Now that we're done
with the sketch of the wing so we can
get started on adding some details
and some shadows. The nicest thing about
drawing with cool is that shadows come up very
naturally as well as details. So it is up to you to
add details as you want or you can also apply the same process that I'm
using for my own drone. So whenever you feel like
something fits to your drawing, you can do the same
or you can skip the details I'm adding
to my own drone. Let's start with the right way. I'm just gonna go ahead and thicken the lines a little bit. I want to add these
two main lines to be a little bit thicker. So I'm just going to shrink that Elizabeth and make them a little bit bigger
here in the middle. And then do the same thing
to the other line as well. So first I drew the edge lines and then I
just fill it up with cool. Then I'm just going to
darken this one as well. Then I will move
on to the wings. So just be very
careful with that. Your hands, they get
normally very dirty and then you can see that they're
affecting the drawing. I mean, I don't mind
it, but you might want to keep some of them white. So just be careful with that. And of course, towards the end, you can always clean your
painting with the eraser or the piece of pasted
that you have. So let's start with
the first way. I'm just going to make
sure that they're all edge like this one right here because I like the style for this one that I'm drawing. And then just continue
with all the feathers. Drawing some lines
in there because I want to give them a
little bit of shade. And not necessarily
for all the feathers, but I really want, the top wants to be
darker and more visible. So as you can see,
you start first with growing the thick line. And then afterwards,
you can just draw like really soft lines in
the middle of it. You can see how drawing the final lines on the waist just really
gives them a shape. So I just take a look
at the difference between these ones right
here and the first ones. So this is also goes to
emphasize how important it is to not worry about the very
first lines that you draw, because you can
always make changes. And the very first time
you might see the drawing, you might not like it, but that's because
it is incomplete. So the more details
that you give it, and especially when you
are drawing with coal, because it is simply
just black and white, so there's one color. So the more details you give your drawing between
whites and black and everything great in the
middle is going to shape the painting because at the end it is just
black and white. The details that you are giving with the cold pencil
is really what makes the drawing
different from just simply drawing with a normal
pencil or with colors. I want these middle wants
to be a little bit darker, so I'm giving them more gray
shade here in the middle. And I'm going to show you
in the upcoming step how to even make it more
darker and more natural. But right now we have
to start with a basis. You can see how some of the people on my hand
already caused this. And you can easily just remove
it by wipe and it's really gently around the painting
with the piece of paper. Are there ways that you have? I'm gonna give this a little
bit more detail here. I just feel like they
look a little bit boring. So I want to think of that a little bit to make
them look like they're behind each other. And also give them some
more detail on this side. And then this very big
fellow right here. I'm just going to color
it's more from the bottom. And I wanna keep it
wide here on this area. So I like how it looks. I think that there's
enough details for now. When I moved to a shadowing, then it will be a
little bit more gray. But for right now, I'm
going to move on to the second wing and then
just do the same work. As you can see, the drawing is really starting
to come together. And most importantly, the details that
we want to show in coal are more visible. I'm just going to sharpen
my pencil own bed. You can see when you sharpen your pencil that the lines are a little bit more sharp
on the drawing. You might want to redo
some of them that you drew with a thicker cool. And also if you see
something details like this one right here that were
drawn in normal pencil. Don't worry, because
towards the end, once you're done with
the entire painting, you can just remove these with an eraser or this
one right here. So now I'm going to start with the second line and then just continue to
do the same work. Whenever there's some lines that have been
drilled by mistake, I'm going to try to just cover
them as much as possible. And we're almost done with the centered
feathers right here. So I'm gonna move to these ones. And then just draw these
tiny feathers right here. I kept the first one is
white because I haven't really made up my mind if I want them to be shared or not. So I will do that
once I just take a final look at the drawing. Once I'm done with
adding these details, I know that these set to big
feathers look incomplete, but once we move on
to the next step, you will see how I will just finish the color
grading of them. So right now, I'm gonna do these final feathers right here, the ones that are straightened. And if you remember, when I was drawing them, I said that there has
been some mistakes and the details because they're not even not like these
ones right here. So now I'm going to work on Evening them out
as much as possible. Also, always remember to take a look at the other side
just to make sure that you have to almost identical wings. And especially when you're
trying to draw these edges. So everything that goes on the edge of the
wings in the middle, you can have a little
bit of freedom. But if you just really want to be as precise as possible
with your drawing, then it's really going to be helpful to take a look
at what you have done in the first slide and try as much as
possible to copy it. This final one looks
Olympic thing from here. So I'm just going to thicken it and give it a little
bit of an edge in here. And now I'll just darken
them from the inside. Remember to be very easy on the pencil when you
are giving the shade. Like here in the middle,
you don't want to draw a really thick lines
like these ones. You simply just want
to wipe the pencil over the sketch pad and just give it a
little bit of color. Just set it loose
towards the end. So you will have
discolored grade between y and then goes a
little bit darker. Right? So this isn't
for adding the details. Right now. I'm just
gonna do a little bit of cleaning and then we
can do the final step.
6. Final touches - First angel wing: So adding the final details
requires just your fingers. And there might
be some materials that you can find
inside the art store, but I always like to add these
details using my hands and step because I liked
the outcomes of it. What do you have to
do is just simply blend the painting together. So let's say that you
want to go ahead with these two big
feathers right here. So you just simply try to
blend the colors together. Because it is cool to be very
easy for you to do that. And it will come off very, very smooth in the
color grading. So as you can see, it goes from dark and you're just simply spreading the color all
around the feather. So I'll just do the same thing. And do not worry about mistakes like in case some
of the code will be spread outside because you can
always use the eraser or the piece of paste
to clean it up. It will also be very
easy since the amount of coal is very, very minimal. So if you feel like one of
them is darker than the other, you can always just
add a little bit more. Actually want to darken both of them and the
edge is right here. So I'm just going to do that. Then just do the same. Blending again. Of course you will have to do a lot of hand-washing
afterwards, but I do find that the
results are worth it. Then I will just do the
same thing with the other. Sometimes you need to
use your pinky for it because the painting is small. I want all these feathers
to be in the same color, so it's okay to do this. But if you were grading
from darker to lighter, you want to just
go in one lines. So from left to right, like I'm doing right now. But if you want to just
color the entire thing, you can always just
blend it this way. And then I will just
do the same here. And then just continue with
the same feathers on top. Then I will just apply the same process to the other side. I'm just looking at
the places that need a little bit more
in both sides and I'm doing them maybe just a little bit right
here on top as well. And then now I'll just do
a little bit of cleaning. So I'm just going to
tighten this one here top and maybe just hear a
little bit as well. Alright, so this is how you grade the coal
using your hand. Of course, if you're not
comfortable doing that, if you're not comfortable
with getting your hands dirty than just feel free
to skip this step or maybe just use the the coal
pencil to do more grading. But for my own
personal preference, I find this to be a bit of a part of the experience
in drawing with coal. And I do like to
get my hands dirty. So it is really up to you if
you want to do this step or just skip it and just rely on growing with
the colored pencil.
7. Let's take a final look at the drawing: Alright, so the final
thing I'd like to do before I stop a drawing or a painting is to
give it a final look and pay extra
attention to detail. And always look at what
could be improved. Maybe not necessarily
in this one, but maybe in the future one. There's something that
a lot of artists, beginners or advanced
there think of is, my painting is not finished. And this is a feeling that
you're always going to look at regardless of what stage of drawing or
painting you're on. Because There's always
something that can be added to a painting that you can change and make it better. However, I do not
like to do that. I like to respect the work
that I've done and put it aside and start a new one
that will be much better. But in every case I like to give the final two minutes of my work just to see
what can be improved. And in this case, I did
find something which is, for example, these
two right here. You can see that this
one is etched and it's basically right far away
from everything else. Meanwhile, this one is too close to the other
feather right here. So this is something
that I can fix before I started to
work on this drawing. And it can be easily
fixed just simply by just drawing an
extra line right here. So it is not really
the same feather because this one is
a little bit darker, but it's just an extra
something that I want to do just to be satisfied
with my work. And maybe I will just detail
this one right here as well. Just make it a little
bit more on edge. And then just to
do the same here, I'm just going to darken this
feather right here as well. And then I will also try to
rate the coal, Elizabeth. I think this one got a
little bit too dark, so all I can do is just clean some of the coal
with my piece of paper. So they're very small
detail of course you can always take a look at it the next day and see if
you want to change something before you
start working on it. But this is something that I recommend, especially
for beginners, because you can take a look
at this and see, okay, maybe next time I want to make these feathers right
here a little bit darker. Maybe I do want to give
them some grade right now, or maybe I just want to
keep them white eyes. They are. Just take the final five-minutes
of your time to reflect on your work and see how
happy you are with the work. And then by the end of it, you can decide if you want to make changes on
the upcoming one, or you want to follow the
exact same process for your upcoming artwork and you're very satisfied
with the results.
8. Sketching with pencil - Second angel wing: Alright, so let's draw
another set of wings. And this time I want to go
with every different style. So the first one that we drew was aligned with more vertical. This time I want to go with
something a little bit wider, so that design is
more horizontal. Let's go back to
the very basic and draw some lines in the
middle of the page. I'm going to use the
pencil sharpener. I want to go for is more
white on the sides. So I'm going to
start with drawing the lines here at first. I think this time I'm gonna
go with the left-wing first. So you know by now that
these lines do not matter a lot of that because
they will be cleaned up. So I'm just trying to copy the exact same one that
I drew here on the left. And now I want to go with
a very wide line here. And then just do the same thing. And afterwards, I'm just going
to give it a first shape. So I think I want it to end here and then here afterwards. So this is basically it. This is all I need to
start drawing the weights. And I think I wanna go with really long feathers this time. So the very first thing that
I want to do is just to draw with the bone off the wane. So I'm going to start with
this one right here, the line. And I'm just going to give it an edge on this side right here. Taking it to your friends. And then maybe just stop it here in the
middle of the wing. Then I will do the same
thing on the other side. When you're drawing
from imagination, it might be difficult to
imagine the end result. It's okay just to try and
test some different ideas. And then just see which one
that works best for you. Then I will have the
longest feather right here. And then the same thing here. So I really have to make
sure that lines are even. So almost on this side. And then I will start to grow the wings on this side first. So I went to grade
them this way just to finish the weighing
on this side right here. So every feather to the bottom is going to
be a little bit shorter. I think I want the
waste to be centered. So I'm just going to fix
these lines right here. You're just going to
make them a little bit thinner and more centered to the edge of
the bone right here. So now I need a
little bit thicker, but George or feathers. And then I'm just
going to finish this centered collection
of feathers right here. Right? So now I will move
to the other side and I will just copy paste
what I've done so far. We have these four long ones. Then we have this thick
and short feather. Then we have 23456 small ones. I think this one should
be a little smaller. Alright, so I'm
gonna go back now to the other side and draw
the rest of the feathers. Also continued to grade
them a little bit closer to the end of the wing. Then we'll do the same
thing on the other side. Now I would grow the
bottleneck links right here, so they will look very neat, like the same size. That's what I have in mind. And they will also look
very straight on the side. So I'm going to start
with the first one. I actually want the first
one to be a little bit curved outside the wing.
So I'm gonna do this. Instead. They just continue to grow them. They will also have to be very, very centralized on this side. So I will just continue to draw them very close to each other. And then just do the same
thing on the other side. So you'll see here
that this will be the front feather and then the other ones will just
be back from each other. 7812345678. So I think that we're
a little bit thinner. So I will just try to make
something a little bit bigger. Or I will just keep them
as they are I'm doing, I would just add another
plane right here. Right? So this is the pencil sketching. Let's move on to the
next video and get started on sketching
with the coal pencil.
9. Sketching with charcoal - Second angel wing: I will go ahead and take
the medium colored pencil and get started on
sketching the wings. So I'll start with
the bones right here. I want the lines to be
very, very straight. So this is why I'm being
very slow and drawing them so I can avoid as many
mistakes as possible. Then I will do the same
thing for the other wing. And by now you already
know the process. So you shouldn't worry about if you made a
line that you want to change or you're unhappy with how incomplete the
drawing looks like. I'm going to start with drawing these big feathers right here. I'm just simply redrawing the lines that I
drew with my pencil. And then I will just do the
same thing on the other side. So I want to count the feathers. So I have 123456789101112. So what I have in mind, I'm want to count the
same number of feathers. That's number six. I have halfway to go. 12345678. This one, right? I have a feeling that this is a little bit longer than
this one right here, mainly because I
made them sicker, but I don't think
it's a big problem. Now I will start on
the middle feathers. So those starts from this side and they are
centered here around the bone. I'll draw the second 1 first. This one starts from here. It's a little bit in the bag. Then comes this little
bit thicker one. Just to complete
decentralization. This will be your
final one right here. So now I'll just complete
the lines to the end. This will be covered with the
shadows I will be creating. I just like to have the
drawing completed first. And then I will draw
the swings here. So first this bone, and then the other ones
will be behind it. Safety for these this area right here will be fully
covered when I do the shadows. But just to continue the lines. And now I'll start
on the other side. I think I want to sharpen
my pencil a little bit. Just to get center lines. It gets easier to
grow them as well, especially that I'm trying
to grow very straight lines. And then the bone
for the feathers. I think that I made these ones here a
little bit too short, so I will have to fix this.
10. Final touches - Second angel wing: So this time I want to go with a different way of grading. So I want these edges of the wings to be
very dark and then I want it to be lighter as we go to the both sides of the wings. And I also want to use
my piece of charcoal, so I want to use this one to
color and darken the areas. So I'm going to start with
this right-wing right here. As you can see,
the lines that you get from this piece
are very thick. So in case you're drawing
something really large, then it will help you
speed up the process. I just wanted to show
you how you can use it when you want to grade. And it's also easier for you to spread this piece as well, because as you can see, there's so much coal here. Then when we move on
to spreading with finger than you can
spread it faster and you'll have
more amount of coal to spread around the drawing. So I'm going to start here
with this one as well. And just add a
little bit of color. Just here right on
the towel fits. And then I will use
the pencil again. I want these to boost
to be fully dark with some lighter gray
around these areas. But I will start with
working on the now because once we move
on to the grading, then I can finish them. But for now I'm going
to move to the wings. So these will be
lighter on the edges. But I'm just going
to draw them again. Just to give them
that final detail. I think it fits to add
another feather right here. Then I'll just move to the second collection
of these feathers. And then the last collection here, the ones in the bottom. So as you can see,
all we're doing is just redoing these lines and just sharpening
them a little bit and giving them a
darker black color. So now on the other side, I'll just redo the same work. We can see some of the lines that I drew in the beginning, a change because these
were drawn with coal. I will try to cover
that whenever I started at the grading process. And then now the final
selection of the feathers, those big ones right here. It gets easier to sharpen
the color and darken it once you already have the
sketch done and all you do is just draw on top. It's faster also then during the first lines
because you will have to think about your composition and probably in the same way. Left to right, or vice versa. Alright, so the lines are done, and now I want to move
straight to grading. So since I want the
darkest to be here, I will start with adding
some great on this side. So I'm just going to
go ahead and start immediately with spreading
the colon, this area. I want them to be white
here as much as possible. So I'm going to try not to
touch that area that much. But even if you do, do not worry because you will be able to clean
it afterwards using the eraser or the piece
of elastic right here. So I'm just gonna do the same
thing on the other wing. I really love the results of
grading the coal on around the sketch because that's what makes it unique from any other different material
that you can create. Art width. Once you feel that there's not
enough to spread, we can just create a few lines. Then I will just
stop here before I touch the edges of them. So I'm just gonna go ahead
and do the same thing for B. So I'm just going to give
them a little bit of grapes. Almost feels like I'm
creating shadows for the feathers in front because there's shadow
for this one right here. And then this is the shadow for the collection
of these feathers. I'll just do the same
for these clips, like there's enough coal here, so I'm just going to grade it. And I just wiped clean this up. Just to keep that difference between the beginning
and the end of them, just to keep them
a little bit wider than the back feathers. I want this edge here as
well to be very dark. And then I will
just apply the same steps to the other side. So now I will be doing
the final selection. So those straight
feathers right here. I'm gonna be doing
the same thing, just giving that
little bit of shadow, then just spray in it. So right now, I want to clean the places that I want to remain white like I did to
these ones right here. So just easily without
ruining the lines, I'm just going to pass my piece of plastic around them just to straighten that
lightened in them. And also remember that using an eraser
could work as well. However, that if
you use an eraser, you might need to clean it really well
because there's gonna be some leftovers and it's just going to clean
molar want the art here. So I'm just going to be removing this darkness that is caused by my hand most likely. And of course we should
apply the same steps that we did when we were working
on the first piece of art, which is taking a
look at the work that you've done and thinking whether there's something that
could be changed. I think in my example, the sign, it will be that
the shadows that I created should be a little
bit less than they are. I would want to go with
just simply drawing small line here and then trying to spread the coal over it. However, I don't think it's that bad that I made
them this thick, so I'm just going to
leave it as it is. This is it for drawing
the angel wings. I really hope that you find
the process easy to follow. I tried to go with that two different designs
drawing from imagination. I wanted to show you that can be really anything that
you want to draw. You can just start with
drawing the body of the wing. And then from there
you can just fill it up inside as you wish. And of course maybe the very first one that you
will be drawing will not be very satisfactory because you might make some mistakes and
you want to start again. However, I really recommend that you give
yourself some time, try to finish the
drawings that you start. And then with practice, it will get much
easier for you to draw with coal and not have
to throw out your work. So thank you for
following along with me and I really hope
that you enjoyed this.
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