Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
Influences
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to show you some of my influences; I will tell you about great masters of the past and present.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal. Discover the step-by-step process and the materials to draw portraits that leap out of the paper.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll tell you a bit about my influences: artists who've influenced me and have been my inspiration. I'll divide them into two categories: Artists from the past who've passed away, and contemporary artists of the current art scene. Overall, the artists I'm about to show you have something in common. They share universal laws about the idea of light and shape. In other words, they're figurative artists. However, I also like abstract artists, and artists who have nothing to do with drawing or painting, who can also give me ideas that might work for my project. For in...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration
Xavier Denia Valls
A course by Xavier Denia Valls
Xavier Denia is an artist who has been studying and working with figurative art for more than fifteen years and has been teaching for over five years. He currently works for Barcelona Academy of Art in 2020, one of the largest drawing, painting, and sculpture schools in Europe.
He has participated in collective exhibitions in Italy, the UK, and Spain. In 2019, he was selected as a finalist in the Reina Sofía painting and sculpture competition, in Madrid. A large part of his work can be found in the galleries and rooms at the Barcelona Academy of Art.
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