Charcoal Portrait of Nazriya Nazeem

 Completed a charcoal portrait after a long time.
Hope you all like it.

Charcoal Portrait

Tear Drop : Colored Charcoal Painting

Tear Drop... An attempt in creating realistic Art

Material Used: Coloured Charcoal Pencils (Sepia, Sanguine, Black and White) from Monte Marte

Paper: Ordinary hand made paper.

Time Taken: 1 hour.

Size of the painting : A3 Size ( 11.69 X 16.54 Inches)

Captions Please....!!

Charcoal portrait of Deepika Padukone: Stages with materials used

My model: Deepika Padukone

Materials Used

Materials Used:

1)  Charcoal and Graphite Pencils:

I use Monte Marte Charcoal pencils and Graphite pencils.  It costs about Rs. 500 for the full set of four earthy shades. I am using for this portrait only the black pencils for this portrait, which again comes in the soft, medium and hard types. I use the hard variety for the final outlines, medium and soft for the shaded regions.

The Faber Castell box has six shades. 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B and 8B and costs Rs. 30.

These pencils come in handy to create the outline which is the most time taking procedure.

2) Erasers:

I use different type of erasers to erase mistakes as well as to create highlights.

The types I have are an ordinary pencil eraser, a plastic eraser from Focus that gives fewer residues, a kneaded eraser, which can be kneaded to any shape, and a pencil shaped eraser from staedtler.

3) The shading tools:

My shading tools are what is available in every household. A pair of Johnson ear buds, a pair of tissues and a painting brush.

These tools I use, to create the shades in the portrait. I do it by rubbing the charcoal and softly spreading them to create the necessary effect.

The buds come handy in small and specific areas like the eye, nose, ears etc.

4) My sketchbook:

As this portrait is just a trial and not done on commission, I am using my A3 size sketch book.

Stages in the portraiture

Final Result:

Charcoal Portrait of Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Baba

Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Baba

A Portrait for a dear friend, done as a Thank You Gift.

Thank You Sai Leela Rallapalli for the Love, Knowldege and Happiness you give me...

Stages in the Charcoal Portrait of a baby

The Cute Model....

First Stage

After a bit more corrections and shading

The Portrait....

The Finished Portrait

Charcoal Portrait of a Pretty girl

Charcoal Portrait

I used dry brushing technique for making this Portrait.

My first experiment with charcoal stumping powder.

I was pleased with the outcome.

What do you think?

Portrait of South Indian Actress Meera jasmine

Meera Jasmine

This is a mixed portrait using both charcoal and pencil.

I used kneaded eraser for the highlights.

Charcoal portrait of a small girl

Charcoal portrait 

My usual method is to use pencil to get the outlines correct and then sharpen it using charcoal.
In this I used only charcoal for drawing also.
Charcoal is a bit difficult to erase and hence in some areas the portrait is a bit dirty.
But I loved it anyway....

A portrait

Portrait of a firend's son

I used charcoal for the dark areas and the rest is done in pencil. I accept portrait commisions. If you want me to draw a portrait for you, feel free to email me. You can find my other works on my facebook art page, www.facebook.com/preethisart .

Have a great day Folks!!

My first charcoal portrait

( A charcoal portrait I did a while ago...my first one)

True love?!!!

Does it exist?  A Love that Shines.......????

(This is one of my recent pencil portraits which I have come to love.

You can see this on my facebook art page www.facebook.com/preethisart )


Love is something that gives meaning to life. Everything around you just disappears and you see only the person you love.

You laugh,You drown in happy tears and hours seems like seconds when your love is around.


Love is the only thing that matters...


But does it really exist ?


Or does it exist now only in romance movies and books?


Not so sure...


But it sure is magical....