Are there any good books about utilizing negative space with monochrome mediums such as charcoal and graphite?
who would write a whole book about that
>>2868296
yes
>>2868296
What you could do is really study the drawings that utilize this technique. If you have some knowledge already in drawing figures, then you have a base understanding of highlights and shadows, and just utilize that.
I don't know a lot of older artists who used this, but I know Jim Dine does some Glyptotek drawings that utilize charcoal and an eraser to create the drawings. Look into reductive drawing as well (mainly drawing with your eraser).
Best of luck, anon!
>>2868296
How do I do good looking art like OP
>>2868338
Practice and experimentation
>>2868338
Suck for a long time, then eventually be able to do it
>>2868338
Go to an atelier. They do a lot of figure drawing from life