SANTA IN CHARCOAL
$79.00
- Artist – Robert Kelley
- 4+ Hours of content
- Lifetime Access/Downloadable Content
- Private FB Group
- Course Price – $79
- All Sales Final
Description
What if This Holiday Season, Your Studio was Filled with the Joy of Drawing Santa — in Rich, Expressive Charcoal?
Celebrate the holiday season with Santa in Charcoal, a brand-new drawing experience from Robert Kelley. In this festive class, Robert shows you how to capture the warmth and magic of Santa using black, white, and gray charcoal. You’ll learn to design with intention, control contrast, and bring emotion to your portrait — even within a limited palette. This relaxed, personal workshop is perfect for artists of all levels who want to breathe life into their charcoal drawings and create a timeless holiday piece to cherish.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course students will have an understanding of the following concepts:
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Use black, white, and gray charcoal to create expressive drawings.
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Apply strong cropping and design for better compositions.
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Move confidently between high contrast and grayscale.
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Use value and light to shape mood and emotion.
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Build confidence with charcoal tools and techniques.
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Complete a Santa portrait full of warmth and story.
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DESCRIPTION OF LESSONS
Have you ever finished a charcoal drawing and felt that something was missing — that spark of life, that sense of warmth or story? You’re not alone. Many artists find it challenging to move beyond flat values and into expressive, emotionally charged drawings.
In Santa in Charcoal, artist Robert Kelley helps you overcome that creative hurdle. Filmed in his hometown studio, this cozy, conversational class walks you through every stage of his process for drawing Santa Claus — from thoughtful composition and prop design to creating luminous contrast with only black, white, and gray charcoal. You’ll see how he moves fluidly between high-contrast and grayscale drawing to achieve depth and atmosphere, all while discussing the why behind each decision.
Robert will also share insights on simplifying your setup, refining your design choices, and using value relationships to create strength and clarity. Through his process, you’ll learn how to infuse emotion and storytelling into your work — transforming a classic subject into something personal and powerful.
By the end, you’ll not only have a stunning Santa portrait but also a new understanding of how to make your charcoal pieces feel alive and full of meaning — long after the holidays have passed.
COURSE IS OPEN!
Lifetime Access - Download All Content
Cost - $79
MEET ROBERT KELLEY - ARTIST/INSTRUCTOR
Rob Kelley is a fine artist/illustrator with a focus on portraiture! He lives in Stockton, California, and is a single dad to three children. Rob studied graphic design at UC Davis and then went on to study illustration at Academy of Art in San Francisco. Although he has had an extensive education in art, he abandoned it for most of his adult life. That changed in 2014, when his life hit a dramatic shift. At that time, he began looking at why he was in a constant state of low-level unhappiness and discovered that he had abandoned his true and authentic self. He knew that the one thing he needed that had been missing was art! Since then, Rob has adopted a sink or swim mentality! He now creates full-time as an artist. He also offers online courses through Kara Bullock Art School. To give back to his community, Rob offers a FREE workshop every Wednesday night at The Catalyst in downtown Stockton. It is his desire to help others find the joy in creating!
PRIVATE GROUP FOR THIS COURSE
There is a private FB group for this course. Once you are signed up for the course, you can access the FB group where only you and other students signed up for the course will have access. Keep in mind, teachers are only active the first four weeks. After that, some may be involved, while others are not. We are looking forward to seeing your artwork!
COURSE SUPPLIES
Below is a list of the supplies that I will be using for the projects in this course. However, you are always encouraged to use what you have on hand.
- Rives BFK printmaker paper
- Vine and willow charcoal
- General's Charcoal Pencil
- Blending stumps asst. sizes
- Kneaded eraser
- Inexpensive paint brushes soft to stiff - I also like Trekell hog bristle, filbert brushes
- Cotton balls
- Sofft Tools
- Artist Chamois
- Make Up sponge
- Dry Erase bag
- Fixative
- Sandpaper or sanding block
- Paperplate
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON ACCESSING CLASSES AND SELLING WORK CREATED IN THIS COURSE:
**Upon purchasing your course, you will be asked to create an account and go through the purchase process (even if the cost is $0 for a free course). If you have already created an account, after purchase your course will IMMEDIATELY be available under “LOGIN” at the top right-hand of karabullockart.com.
**If your course does not show up, please email us at karabullockart@gmail.com
**Lifetime Access: When you purchase a class, you will have access to download the course videos and keep them for your personal use for life. While we strive to keep courses available on the site long term, lifetime access does not guarantee that videos will remain streamable on the website indefinitely. From time to time, we may update, modify, or retire older courses to maintain the quality and functionality of the site. If a course is ever scheduled to be removed, we will notify students in advance and provide plenty of time to download the videos.
**Due to the nature of the immediate availability of the course, all purchases are nonrefundable.
**Please talk to the artist of the course about his/her policy on selling artwork created in this course prior to selling any works created during course. Some artists will allow it, while others do not. Thank you for your support.
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