Use a Simple Blending Technique to Sketch a Portrait in Charcoal | Portrait Drawing Tutorial

Welcome to Erens Sketching!✨ In this beginner-friendly tutorial, discover how to construct a tonal sketch portrait using a simple yet effective blending technique. Follow along as I guide you through the entire process: starting with a rough sketch, shading in the shadows, and using a blending stump to create a 'ghost image' as the foundation. Watch as I bring out the details step by step, focusing on crafting soft and hard edges to add depth and realism to the portrait. Key Moments: 00:00 - Introduction: Charcoal Portrait 00:20 - Sketching General Outlines 04:42 - Drawing Tonal Values & Shadows 06:05 - Blending and Softening Tonal Values 07:25 - Roughly Sketching Eyes, Nose, and Mouth 14:27 - Modeling Facial Features: Restating Tonal Values & Details 24:35 - Adding Texture and Final Touches Materials Used: Sketching Paper Charcoal Pencils (Smooth, Medium, Hard) Kneaded Eraser Blending Stump #sketch #drawing #portraitdrawing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ✨What You'll Learn: ✔️ How to use a reference photo for portrait drawing ✔️ Essential shading techniques for realistic depth ✔️ Sketching facial features with graphite and charcoal ✔️ Tips for achieving smooth gradients and texture ✔️ Quick portrait sketching exercises for beginners Related Topics & Searches: 🔹 Portrait Drawing & Shading Techniques: How to shade faces with pencil How to draw a face without the Loomis method Pencil drawing face girl realistic Real face drawing step by step Real-time portrait drawing Realistic pencil sketch Realistic face tutorial Hyperrealism drawing tutorial How to do realistic shading How to draw a face for beginners How to get better at drawing faces 🔹 Charcoal Drawing Techniques: How to draw with charcoal pencils Charcoal face drawing tutorial Charcoal portrait tutorial How to shade with charcoal pencil How to shade smoothly with charcoal pencil 🔹 Hyperrealism & Advanced Portrait Techniques: Hyperrealism drawing Hyperrealism drawing tutorial Hyper-realistic pencil drawing tutorial Hyper-realistic wet face drawing Hyper-realistic pencil drawing How to draw a hyper-realistic portrait Hyper-realistic shading drawing Hyper-realistic drawing for beginners Most hyper-realistic drawing Hyper-realistic color pencil portrait Hyper-realistic self-portrait -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Music Attribution // Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music by Purrple Cat https://purrplecat.com/ Heart Of The Ocean. Wondering. Out There. Kugelblitz. Dissipate. Wild Strawberry.