All about charcoal painting!!

Posted at 12:48 PM, 9/28/2010

Looking for personalized gift ideas? Go for paintings. Just imagine how happy your friend or special one will feel if you gift him/her with a painting of his/her. You might think that this is a difficult idea however wonderful it would be – not at all! It is now so easy to get a painting of someone or even your family portraits. Just find their photo and you can turn the photo into a portrait painting with the help of family portrait artists! You can also go for charcoal drawings. A number of charcoal drawing artists can easily be found in the internet. Pencil sketches also make an impressive painting.

Charcoal drawings have long been considered very professional and you can even try charcoal drawings on your own photos and have them hung in your office room. Family portraits can also be made by turning the photo into a charcoal drawing. If you cannot find charcoal drawing artists or family portrait artist, no worries, the art is so simple that you can do it all yourself.

All you will need to make a charcoal drawing of your photo is a chunk of charcoal and eraser. You might think that a painting made of charcoal can look unpleasant. But it is the most elegant form of painting. Charcoal draws efficiently on almost all types of papers. The only disadvantage is that they make the workplace and your hands dirty. Make sure you have the gloves on and cover the place with newspapers.

Take a white paper and turn it into black using the charcoal. Take a good black and white photo of yourself and start copying the image. Start off by drawing the outline of the face. Now erase the outline with the eraser. Do this and highlight all the facial features. Finally erase the black background and color the outline with charcoal.