Beginning a Sketch

Coffee Beans, part I

Today I wanted to share the first part of my artistic process for sketching in charcoal; we will begin with a set of four (tiny!) coffee beans, and work through how I draft out a sketch.

Photo by Alin Luna on Unsplash

In this video, I am using the following:

• Coffee beans from my local roastery

• Strathmore 400 Toned Tan paper, 9x12 inches

• General’s 4B soft charcoal pencil

• Music from William Agosto’s YouTube channel because it’s awesome

Let’s get started!