From the early primitive cave paintings to modern day art charcoal has been a versatile art medium for all artists around the world.
Realistic charcoal drawing portrait.
From time immemorial charcoal has been used to create dramatic realistic drawings.
I use charcoal and graphite to create these realistic drawings and each drawing takes at least 100 hours to produce.
Great tutorial for drawing a portrait using charcoal.
As with any portrait the first thing you do is to carefully establish the position of the head on the page and plot the proportions of the face.
I like to draw pictures with emotions myself and others can relate to or connect with.
About not having the right pencil or enough paper for sure you can experiment even more in photoshop and reach the drawings you want.
Learn to draw a realistic portrait with pencil.
Charcoal portrait drawing step 1 establish the proportions of the face a light grade charcoal pencil is the ideal medium for the initial stage of the line drawing.