Loose style Acrylic and charcoal exercise
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Acrylic paint (2 colours) and charcoal sketch filmed in real time with a few edits.
This is a great way to experiment with creating more dynamic marks to your work, it can bring a composition to life but don't think of this as a finished perfect work of art simply use it as a first step or try out the method to generate ideas for a large canvas. This is like a warm up exercise that you would use to begin a creative session, I find it is a big help and will often change the way you thought about your work. If you are teaching an art class this is a great exercise to start with as a way to introduce students to unfamiliar mediums, the mix of the fluidity of the paint and the strong lines of the charcoal is an interesting combination.
Although this demo is filmed in real time as I worked, the paint was allowed at least 1 hour of drying time before I began to draw with the charcoal. I paint over the unfixed charcoal with water to create interesting texture and tones. When completed the work should be sprayed with a suitable fixative to prevent smudging.
I really want to try and film more of these exercises in real time, so you can see the whole process without any cuts or time lapse sequences. No music, and no commentary, just start with a blank page and see what happens. Please let me know in the comments section if you would like to see more of this type of demo. Thanks, Dan.
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Materials :
Acrylic paint
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red
Willow charcoal
200gsm Cartridge paper
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The heavy charcoal lines over the thin delicate washes: very sensuous.
No chatter, no music - just art. Love it - thanks for sharing 😊
I didn't think I would enjoy this one but when the charcoal came out I was hooked. It looks like a good way of loosening up. Thank you.
Keep up the good work Dan. Looking at the comments, you are inspiring a lot of people around the world, That on it's own, is something to be proud of.
Love the colours 😍
Finished work or not, your demo produced a very pleasing piece. It's loose, as you suggest, with a strong feeling of movement and rhythm. The colours are soft and harmonious too, with subtle shading. Viewed as a demo only, it shows what is possible with a limited pallet. I was pleased to see the close up of your box of charcoal. I have compressed charcoal and some in pencil form. Neither give the rich black that yours does. It 's proof that not all charcoal is equal. You get what you pay for. I'm going to get some in pure stick form now. Another fine demo.
Thanks, had a few technical issues with the lights for some reason, a little bit of flickering. I enjoy these type of demos so hope they provide inspiration for others. Glad you appreciated the close up of the charcoal, I'm going feature these kind of shots in future videos as it's a good way to show exactly what I'm using in each demo. Appreciate your feedback.
Enjoyed this video tremendously, very inspiring to work in a more relaxed way. Will definitely try this. Thank you!
I think of wooden clinker boats when I see this work 🚣♀️ nice light colouring..cool
Love these videos! Looking forward to many more.
I love this type of demo from you. You keep moving, which helps to see the energy that comes around in your finished project. I am also hearing impaired so visuals are very important to me. And, it is like every time I watch you I learn something. Very inspiring as always! I think real time is great for these. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for your positive comments, I am encouraged by your response it is important that these demos inspire others to try out some of the techniques with their own work and I hope by filming them like this helps.
Yes please, more!
Loved it and now I know what to do with all those watercolour paintings I have set aside cause I just don't like them … wow thanks for the inspiration Dan and I guess one would spray a fixative over the finished product? And once again thanks for sharing your wonderful abundance of knowledge so freely love and sunshine to you
Thanks for your positive comments. Always spray charcoal with a fixative spray, or try hairspray as a cheaper alternative.
This is exciting stuff. You have inspired me to begin using charcoal as a "between" layer with acrylics. Prior to seeing your technique, I had only used charcoal as the initial painting sketch on canvas. Now I see it can be used to increase depth and texture. Thank you for your inspiring videos.
You can do it!
💖🌠🖌please do more demonstrations. Thank you
Really useful video and so good there is no irritating music or dribbly commentary. Thank you
Happy New Year! Cool video as usual. I've never seen charcoal that big before!
HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR, DAN. TNX FOR INSPIRATIONS, WE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
Thanks very much, same to you ! I appreciate your positive comments and feedback.
Thanks for using a bit more pressure when you made your basic charcoal sketch. Before this video, your initial sketch was drawn so lightly I could barely see it.
Anyway, happy New Year, Dan, I am so glad you're sharing your techniques with us. I look forward to more great videos.
Thanks, I noticed that on one of the other demos, I blame the bright lights I use for filming but remembered to use a darker line with this one.
Nice job, Dan. Exactly what I’d been looking for.
Very unique art, thank you for shary
Thanks for the demo. I’m going to try it. I’d love to see more.. Why the teeny tiny brush?
I normally use a bigger brush, but thought I'd give this a try. I didn't want to overload the paper with too much water.
When you start sketch ing, do you have a direction that your going in? Or is it more random? If its random , man you have a line or triangle or something like real fast. I get a blank paper and it stays blank for a bit. I had that problem a long time ago and a art teacher came up and made a random mark on my paper. Yhen it wasent blank no mo. I still haven't trained myself yet... Any advice? THANK you for the video.
I have been looking for an image construction like this. I want to know how you seal the surface to protect it. Thanks for your time and talent.
I didn't apply anything to the paper before I started, but once complete will seal the work with a fixative or maybe spray with a matt varnish.
Dan Tirels thank you. I have been sealing my paper with a coat of medium and having better results. I just haven’t found anything I understood would protect and seal the finished work after I added pastel or charcoal. I enjoyed watching you construct this one very much. Thanks
Thank you...enjoyed
Perfect
wow, new video, tnx
What color blue are you using? Love the videos! Very inspiring and helpful.
I didn't use any blue for this one, just Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red and willow charcoal stick.
I saw the blue on your palette and thought you were going to use it...asked my question too quickly and then felt kinda silly when you didn't use it.
I had planned to use that blue but changed my mind !