# Elephant Drawing with Charcoal - 1 Hour Exercise

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848 "2024-06-06T18:58:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848/1 "2024-06-06T18:58:01Z")

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From the latest TVI Youtube post. Here’s my take 😁 not enough light values, it took me  
about two hours with the second hour making light values darker and viceversa until I accepted my sketchy elephant…so much fun!

 ![IMG_1134](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/2/242a3deda098991fa78d685950a52ee596ec9802.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TLP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TLP](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/TLP)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848/2 "2024-06-06T21:30:41Z")

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Sonia,

This turned out really nice.

The great thing about charcoal is you can always erase out more highlights if you decide too.

Teri (with 1r)

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**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848/3 "2024-06-07T13:40:27Z")

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Very well done. Yes you should always enjoy what you do. and create.

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**Author:** ![1kidneyJD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/1kidneyjd/32/8382_2.png) [@1kidneyJD](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/1kidneyJD)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848/4 "2024-06-07T14:02:57Z")

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Sonia, I enjoy working with charcoal & graphite. This is a wonderful sketch.  
Jim

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**Author:** ![robichon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/robichon/32/4993_2.png) [@robichon](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/robichon)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/elephant-drawing-with-charcoal-1-hour-exercise/3848/5 "2024-06-07T14:16:35Z")

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Hi Sonia,

You’re my shining star. I watched the lesson too, but you took it to the next step and did a very nice job of actually doing it. Thanks so much for your friendship and great attitude and willingness to share.

Terri Robichon