Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
The hair
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: The hair
Overview
“The last lesson in this unit will be about hair. We will divide it into different parts to be able to organize and represent it in an easy and coherent way.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: The hair, 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 Hair In this lesson, we're going to talk about hair and how to organize it in different masses. I think hair is major point in realistic portraiture. We have two options. One would be hyperrealism, defining each of the hair strands, or the realism that I know, going for maximum simplification and trying to add a little detail in some specific areas near the focal point. In this case, the hair we're working with is meant to help us understand this ball shape. And we're dividing it in several parts. You have the scheme that I did before where you can see with all these different colors ho...”
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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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