Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
Big Shape Exercise
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Big Shape Exercise
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about the Big Shape exercise, which consists of learning to simplify a face in a mostly abstract way. We want to achieve the similarity and a solid and simple structure with the first lines to later build the details on top.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Big Shape Exercise, 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
“Big Shape Exercise This lesson we're going to talk about big shape. The idea behind big shape is focusing on the head as a whole. I'll use the same examples I used for the egg and I'll try to adjust them to get a better resemblance. We'll start with the example we finished before. When looking for the big shape, I'll more pay attention to the abstract spaces and the ratios between lines. I know I have the lower plane here, I know that here, I've the cheekbone with the nose and I know here's where the eye line will be. I'll try to understand the general plane of light creating a pretty simpl...”
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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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