How To draw A Portrait on Toned Paper with Charcoal and White Chalk Pencils @mkompan

Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

This a tutorial on how to draw portrait on toned paper with charcoal and white chalk pencils. This was created for my beginning drawing class, and covers the basics of this technique, and deals with head construction, portraiture and rendering.

Here are the materials used in the demo:

Faber Castell Charcoal pencils:
Faver Castell White Chalk Pencil:
Kneaded Eraser
Hard Eraser
Eraser Holder
Blending Stups
Canson Mi-tientes Paper, Steel grey:

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