Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
The materials
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: The materials
Overview
“In this first lesson I am going to tell you about the materials that we will need during the course and how we are going to use them.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: The materials, 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
“The Materials In this lesson, we'll talk about the materials. To prepare the paper, we're using Winsor & Newton India Ink and a wide brush. We could also use a sponge, but I prefer using a brush. We will specialize in charcoal in this course. I'll use charcoals of different grades of hardness and different brands. In this case, I'm using Nitram charcoal. Nitram offers the advantage of having three grades of hardness: green, red, and blue, which I won't be using. The one we'll use the most is green. We'll also use regular charcoal of different thicknesses to be able to add different effe...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
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Category
Illustration -
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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