Charcoal Portraits from photos

Introduction

Artists use charcoal as a fine medium for drawing purposes. It is used for drawing due to its highly versatile properties. It can produce lines that are very light or intensely dark as suits one’s requirements and while also being easily removable. Various types of charcoal are used as an art media, most common of them are Compressed, Vine and Pencil charcoal. Charcoal paintings are hugely popular for hanging on the walls and decorate any place they rest on.

Charcoal Portraits as decorative element for the house

Charcoal portraits, with their exquisite beauty and display of the artist’s skill, act as excellent elements of decoration for the house. Such paintings display a level of profundity which is mesmerizing. A charcoal drawing if hung in any corner of the house is sure to attract the attention of the guests. Charcoal portraits would look the best on wooden walls though they are a natural fit for any and all kinds of houses. The lighting for such an ambience should be properly coordinated if one wants to get the best look out of the painting. Lights of yellow shades are a natural fit for charcoal paintings. Imagine a room with wooden walls and decorated with charcoal drawing sketches hung behind the fireplace of the room and lighted dimly in the background with yellow fairy lights and lantern lamps. Such a sight is sure to capture the attention of anyone. Also, one can accordingly coordinate the rest of the furnishings in the room to give it a picture perfect look. However, one need not confine hanging charcoal drawings on wooden walls only; such drawings with their remarkable beauty can be hung in any corner of the house.

Charcoal drawings are a pleasure to the sight since they display fantastic artistic quality and hence many people have a niche for such art collection. They add an element of drama to any room where it is placed due to being visually bold and emotionally expressive. Due to its softness, sufficient versatility and smudge-ability, charcoal drawings facilitate the creation of excellent gestural works and intricate details of every painting. Charcoal drawings can also be gifted to your closed ones on their special occasions like birthdays and marriages. Such gifts would remain forever endearing to their hearts as art can express emotions much more succinctly than words do.

Charcoal portrait prices

It depends on the numbers of figures and the sizes. The price is same with pencil portrait from photo. Take one person drawing for example (15% will be added for each additional figure/pet):

• 12 x 16 inch: 69 USD
• 16 x 20 inch: 84 USD
• 20 x 24 inch: 104 USD
• 24 x 36 inch: 129 USD
• 30 x 40 inch: 159 USD