Jerney Marisha

Create Soft & Expressive Charcoal Portraits With a Blending Stump

It is amazing watching you go through this process of creation. You have truly magical skills, love how you did this.

I’ve been admiring the depth of feeling in your charcoal portrait.

Thank you so much! It's the advantage of the blending stump, you can see it coming about in class. It's such an underrated tool. :)

Love the feeling and the mystery behind this portrait

Thank you so much! Charcoal is a great medium to achieve a bit of mystery, especially with alternative ways of using it. :)

I love the mystery generated by this drawing

Thank you so much Maria! Have you ever tried drawing with a blending stump? It's such a helpful tool when you want to create loose portraits.

Love this and just added the class on my list to try!

Thank you so much John! :) I hope you'll enjoy the exercise and I'm so curious what you will create. I checked out your projects and they are beautiful!

Thank you Lil! These re so much fun to do. :)

Thank you! It's a fun process. The lack of measuring keeps it fun as well. I'm unapologetically pro wonkiness haha! That permission gives us more freedom to loosen up.

Thank you so much Zuzana! The blending stump is an amazing tool. :)

Awesome work Jerney. It has such solid presence and atmosphere. I am away from home so will do it when I get back.

Thanks Jennifer! The blending stump is such an awesome tool. Between that and just making swift and random marks every now and then, it can get quite dynamic. I'm so happy you'll give it a go, I can't wait to see your art again. :) If you're uptown it, try a few of them in a row. We need a bit of warm up most of the time. Safe travels!

Can’t wait to try this one and yes I think a few warm up portraits might be in order.  :)

I'm so excited! You could also try to put on some energetic music. Our hand tends to follow and it makes it easier to encourage those swift dynamic marks without overthinking them. :)

Will do Jerney. Back home now so am doing this today.

I'm so blown away by your art Jennifer! ❤️

Thanks. I am doing the art journaling like Freda Kahlo now. Which is also a lot fun. I love the way you it easier to make the artwork our own rather than just copying. 

Ohh I just know you'll make some fabulous little faces ❤️ Thank you so much! I love teaching ways to enhance  creativity more than copy paste projects. It's not that they don't have their value, they absolutely do. But the most exciting thing for me is when I see artists finding their voice while having fun going rogue on the lessons. ☺️

Haha I totally agree Jerney. We cant just copy forever. I have felt so free doing your classes and yes I have started going rogue in some of my classes. Not that I think I am better than the teachers but just want my own style. I am still teachable though :)

How wonderful, you keep on making my day. :) I don't think any of the teachers would take it that way at all, we tend to love to see our students surpass our lessons. We all keep learning for the rest of our lives. That's the beauty of art. There's always lots to learn and we incorporate little bits and peaces into our ever evolving style. :)

Thank you so much! You can watch how I created the portrait in class, if you're interested. :) It's a fun process!

Beautiful!  I would love to be able to sketch freely like this.

Thank you so much Michael! I'm sure you can, it just takes practice. I'm obsessed with faces so I draw them a lot. Often in alternative ways. The tools you're using make a huge difference. You can watch my class to see how I created this project. I hope you'll give it a try and try it multiple times because we always need to warn up a little.

Beautiful 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

OMG, Jerney, this is absolutely stunning!  WOW!

Aww thank you Donna! Have you ever worked with charcoal? It's such a forgiving medium. :)

I did work with charcoal a little many years ago.  Couldn't do birds in charcoal either... (: &gt;

Haha yeah charcoal has a bit of a learning curve, but when it clicks it's such a wonderful and forgiving medium. For me it was essential to figure out and practice portraits. :) And birds are challenging! 

Hi lovelies! I hope you will enjoy this exercise. If you feel a little bit wobbly, that's ok and you know what? That only will add to the looseness. ;) Let's do some quick portrait practice today!
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