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4 Charcoal Drawing YouTube Channels for Powerful Realism

Charcoal made simple: 4 YouTube channels to master values, portraits, and dramatic realism—free tutorials to start tonight.

Charcoal portrait in progress with blending stump and charcoal sticks on toned paper.
Push light and shadow with charcoal—portraits, figures, and bold value studies. Photo by Dusan Kipic / Unsplash

Charcoal isn’t just a medium—it’s raw energy on paper. With every stroke, you’re sculpting light and shadow into life. If you’ve ever wanted to capture the drama of portraits or the weight of realism, these YouTube channels will push you forward tonight.

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Mad Charcoal
Chaotic Charcoal Artist
Stephen Bauman
My channel is dedicated to creating tutorial content for serious online art students. If you wanna learn to draw better go here: https://www.patreon.com/stephenbaumanartwork • Facebook: Stephen Bauman Artwork • Instagram: stephenbaumanartwork
Fine Art-Tips
Channel by Leonardo Pereznieto (Para español, ve al canal: ArteDivierte). To hire Leonardo Pereznieto for workshops or lectures write to the email below this information box. (Business only, not for personal messages, please.) Leonardo Pereznieto has exhibited his work in many prominent museums and galleries of cities like Florence, London, Paris, Montecarlo, Nice, Frankfurt, Seoul, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, etc. He has delivered over 50 lectures all over the world including at the New York Academy of Art, the Celebrity Centre Florence and the University of Michigan. Some of the prizes he has been awarded are: -Gold Medal, Italy Award for Visual Arts. -Premio Italia, Florence, Italy. -Awarded by the International Art Festival, NY, NY -The Mozart Prize for the Arts (sculpture), Nice, France.
Super Ani
superani.com

Don’t wait for “someday.” Grab a stick of charcoal tonight and let these artists teach you to bend shadows into power.

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