Expressive charcoal portrait

Expressions and faces come alive, in this fascinating artistic display. Russian Artist John Fenerov, has a keen eye for detail, that helps bring out the features of his models and himself, in one of the portraits, to achieve a very realistic look, even though you would not call these drawings hyper realistic. These charcoal and graphite drawings, almost look like they come from a land, between reality and a dreamlike fantasy, with soft smoky edges that gently dissipate on the page. Eyes…

Frank Auerbach. I really like this drawing because its showing the intensity of how the artist has smudged, compressed, softened and scratched with the charcoal to re creative depth portrait.

In this step by step demonstration you will learn what is involved in drawing a portrait with charcoal.

Drawing, Fine Arts

In-depth charcoal portrait course by Juna Biagioni. Create expressive faces using a variety of charcoal drawing techniques.