Painter Skills Drills #7: Charcoal Sketching and Value Compression (Patreon)

Materials for lesson #7:Willow charcoalNewsprint paperChamois eraser, kneadable eraser, hard eraser

Painter Skills Drills:Lesson #1 - how to paint an underpainting and avoid common mistakesLesson #2 - color theory and mixingLesson #3 - how to paint a grisaille and control valuesLesson #4 - the tricolor palette and chroma distributionLesson #5 - the complimentary color palette and chroma neutralizationLesson #6 - figure painting and the Zorn paletteLesson #6.5 - figure painting and the Zorn palette 2Lesson #7 - charcoal sketching and value compressionLesson #8 - the benefits of palette knife sketchingLesson #9 - how to glaze with color on a grisailleLesson #10 - how to design a composition

Reference image is attached. Enjoy!