Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
Highlights and halftones 2
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Highlights and halftones 2
Overview
“We just raised the midtones and got the overall light effect.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Highlights and halftones 2, 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
“Highlights and Halftones Now, I'm trying to do what we said. I'm trying to connect the mustache light with that of the head. Look at this smooth line. But from afar, you can still see a specific plane. Also, notice how this shadow here, when it comes to exaggerating its shadow linework and outline, will make the value around it turn lighter again. So we can keep the luminosity keeping a quite dark halftone. I'll keep connecting my shapes. I can lose it completely here and mark it a bit more here. Remember if we add outlines everywhere, the image will look much flatter. So it's important to ...”
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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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