In this lesson with instructor Chris Legaspi, you will learn rendering techniques with willow charcoal. Chris will show you how to prepare your tools by breaking them into different lengths to create a variety of mark-making. You will find that willow charcoal is easy to control and can give you very soft edges, unlike many other mediums.

This lesson belongs to the course An Overview of Rendering Techniques. In this 9-week course, Chris Legaspi teaches you a variety of techniques for rendering your drawings and paintings. You will learn to create lay-ins, mass in value shapes, refine, and render using different mediums. Whether you are working in pencil, conté, charcoal, watercolor, or oil paints, this course will help give you the skills and approaches needed for developing your rendering style.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.