Richard Ancheta specializes in realistic fine art charcoal portraits. Each charcoal portrait takes 15-20 hours to complete and is hand drawn on Arches watercolor paper. Charcoal artworks are created using acid free archival materials and is sprayed with fixative gloss varnish to ensure smudging and fading does not occur over time.

Like the traditional painting methods, charcoal pencils and sticks are powdered and applied with different kinds of brushes, stamps and cork sticks.

The portrait is base on the photographs and transferred in art paper in an outline pencil sketch, however the goal is not to imitate the reference material used but to obtain a truthful and accurate depiction of model. The artist will rendered different kinds of techniques and will capture the depth of shades and shadows, likeness, sharpening the every details of the face - including the pores of the skin and small hairs in the eyebrows and side burn.

Time frames for completion will vary depending upon the details of portraits and the complexity of the subject.

Before the spraying of the varnish to the portrait, it wil be commented by the artist itself and the model, checking the areas of details, touchups and adjustments will be the last approach in perfecting the image.

Professional framing is required to preserve the artworks from dirts and humidity.