The Charcoal Relief Technique

Charcoal is without doubt one of the oldest and one of the best loved mediums in the art world.   Charcoal’s popularity keeps pace with all other mediums and is often used with other mediums as it is with pastel.     But in its own right it is a beautiful and delicate medium and in this video I shall be showing you the techniques of the relief method.   This is a fast and effective way to explore tonal values at their best.

.The beginning of the video is a little out of focus but does improve.

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