Charcoal Nudes

INTRODUCTIONTHIS IS THE MOST AMAZING CHARCOAL NUDE BOOK YOU WILL EVER SEE!Charcoal nudes are also properly called "figure drawings", but figure drawings can also be draped, clothed and partially hidden from view with objects, screens, walls, furniture and other artistic devices.Nudes, pure and simple, are a challenge to any artist, because everyone knows
what a nude should look like. In this book, all the rules are broken and yet you will see a technique here that will deliver what every artist aspires to produce -- a work of art that hits the heart and comes from the gut.Instinct will give you the best results, plus practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for a daily regimen of drawing, at least ten minutes a day.Charcoal Mileage is the expression used among professional artists, just as Pencil Mileage is the watchword among graphite artists.The more you draw the more you'll learn. Each drawing you produce is a lesson to yourself from yourself.Don’t obsess over form, exactitude, photographic images, biological precision, and, whatever you do, stay strictly away from medical textbooks and Gray’s Anatomy. You need none of those to succeed as a charcoal artist.All you really need is a knowledge of the basics — where are the pectorals? Where is the abdomen? What lines and smudges convey the most things?Most of all, you will need a basic understanding of WHAT CHARCOAL DOES when smudged.This depends on the PRESSURE exerted on the paper when the drawing is "laid down".Those variations in PRESSURE of the laid-down drawing will respond differently to the variations in PRESSURE of the smudge.When smudging, DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE. Keep your hand moving and keep varying the DIRECTION and PRESSURE of the smudging fingers.Most important of all is DON'T THINK.At first, your drawings may seem crude and "incorrect". Don't let that dismay you or stop you. Keep drawing and smudging until you "get it".