Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
Big shape 1
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Big shape 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about how to start the portrait, I will make the Big Shape or block-in basic to raise the first lines and consolidate the main structure.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Big shape 1, 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 In this lesson, we'll start working on our final project. Let's start with our big shape. We're going to see how what we learned in previous lessons will start to make sense as we start using it for our portrait. We have our toned paper here, the one we'd previously prepared. I placed it on the table, trying to fix it in place with masking tape. We can just tape it in one swift motion or we could split the tape in four. That would work perfectly too. Let's get started. When blocking in my portrait, what I want to avoid is placing the eyes in the center. I'll try to draw the egg at...”
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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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