February 25, 2019 |

Realistic Drawing with Charcoal Workshop

On March 4, our Online Workshops return with Realistic Drawing with Charcoal.

Kirsty Partridge, our Workshop 1 Instructor, has 543,000 YouTube subscribers who tune in to her channel regularly to see her exceptional drawing and painting tutorials.

Now Kirsty has created a special series on charcoal drawing just for us. The best part? It’s free to tune in and follow along!

On March 4, you can see the first video lesson here. The supply list is available on the workshop site so you can stock up and get ready to rock. Here's what Kirsty will be using:

SUPPLY LIST

PAPER
3 recommended paper types will work well for this workshop:

Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum (Kirsty will be using this paper throughout the worrkshop)
Strathmore 400 Series Heavyweight Drawing
Strathmore 500 Series Charcoal

CHARCOAL SET
Kirsty is using many drawing supplies from the Lyra Rembrandt Charcoal set in this workshop, including:

Lyra Rembrandt Charcoal Pencils 2B & H
Lyra Rembrandt Large Charcoal Block
Kneaded Eraser
Sharpener
Blending Stump

OTHER DRAWING SUPPLIES

Tissues: soft tissues from tissue boxes with no patterns work best for blending charcoal
Daler Rowney Aquafine Round Brush Size 4 – Any small round paintbrush will work.
Tombow mono stick eraser to add highlights to the drawing

Here's a special preview of her video lessons for Realistic Charcoal Drawing: