Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal

Overview

“In the last part of this unit we find a drawing with a complete range of values and whose shapes and connections between them have already been described through the modeling technique. What I want to show you here is the final phase of finishing the drawing, which includes finishing off the reflected light in the shadows, finishing working and putting variation in the contours, and making the background more interesting, if possible. This last phase is as important as the others because it will take your drawing from being a well done and coherent drawing to a finished and aesthetically pleasing drawing. ”

In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Completion of portrait 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

“Finishing your Portrait In this lesson, we're going to finish our portrait. We're going to try to check the things we still have pending, things we can improve, we're going start with the background. As you can see, I placed my portrait horizontally. I'll try to use the charcoal I have used throughout the process, the one I left in my tupperware, and I'm going to try to spread it out in some background areas with the paper to get some effects. I think that can be interesting so we won't have to work the whole background in charcoal. Let's see what happens. Once I add it, I'll get it back on...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal

• Level: Beginner
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• 11585 students
• 4 units
• 27 lessons (5h 46m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration