Developing Shadows

Coffee Beans, part II

Apr 04, 2024

∙ Paid

Today I wanted to share the second/middle part of my artistic process for sketching in charcoal; we will work through how I develop shadows in a sketch.

brown coffee beans on white ceramic bowl — 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
Blending stump
Music from William Agosto’s YouTube channel because it’s awesome

Let’s get started!

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