Experimenting with Charcoal and Graphite in Vintage Realism

This video is packed full of tips using charcoal and graphite together.

It was really fun experimenting with graphite and charcoal to create this vintage realistic piece. The cool thing about using the charcoal with the graphite is that you are able to get the really black blacks without the shine you get from the softer/darker graphite pencils like 8B or 9B.

Let me know what you think of the video and if any of the tips were helpful.