12 Charcoal Techniques: A Complete Five Week Course

Most of the materials she recommends are not sold at the Michaels in my community. Overall, I really did not like the book. I recently purchased drawing portraits for the absolute beginner and it is much better! I really like it and the authors are thorough with instruction.

I feel Cindy Wider could have spent more time and effort on faces and expressions than on hair styles.

I started the twelve charcoal techniques as an absolute beginner and all I can say is wow, never did I imagine I would be able to achieve these results in such a short time. Cindy is an amazing instructor! After this course, i wanted to learn more from her and that's when I discovered her drawpj course online in which I am currently enrolled and absolutely love it! 5 stars! Lis Ramon

if want good tips about using charcoal that's the book! but it is not for learning how to draw...This book is for one that searching details about how to use charcoal pencils, stumps, etc... all these stuff related to drawing with charcoal...ok?

Cindy is a fabulous instructor. Just starting out , but learning so much. I've always been afraid of trying charcoal, thinking it was just too messy. She gives such clear step by step instructions that you can't go wrong!I saw another reviewer say the supplies are hard to find. The supplies can easily be purchased right here at Amazon: The Prismacolor charcoal kit. Cindy has a review at that item to say that it works perfectly for the course.If you enjoy video instruction as well (I learn so much better that way), Udemy has this course, and it includes some video tutorials for some of the units.

This book made me fall in love with charcoal! It gives detailed instruction and is easy to follow. I was able to do my first self portrait which I am very happy with! now I have the confidence and skills I need to draw anything I want in charcoal. As I continue practicing with charcoal, I keep coming back to this book for guidance. It is great. Loved it!

The ad didn't say anything about an online course that accompanies this book. The book itself has basic instruction, but seems to depend on online content as the core. I'm just assuming this because I didn't buy the course and the book is light on content. I would have appreciated a line in the ad telling me that I'll get better results with the course too. Disappointing.

Bought for my Mum who is taking an art class using charcoal. She says that there are some good extra tips in this book.

just what i needed thank you.

My daughter loves this book. It has helped her with her GCSE Art as well.

The book was comprehensively set out in lesson form with carefully graded sets of skills as building blocks. Very helpful all round.