Realistic Portraits Using Charcoal
Completion of portrait 3
A course by Xavier Denia Valls , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Completion of portrait 3
Overview
“We continue to fix some aspects of the portrait and pay special attention to details to make our portrait almost ready.”
In this video lesson Xavier Denia Valls addresses the topic: Completion of portrait 3, 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 What I'm going to do now is fix some notes in the eye. I'm just doing it because it really bothers me now. And it was also part of the plan, but then I'm going to focus a bit on the nose. Something else I want to do in the eye is soften this outline that is breaking the sense of continuity of the form. I'm also going to soften this part. After checking it on my photo, it looks too eye-catching. It kind of works for the drawing, but that's one of those things that when you see it in another medium it really draws your eye in. We soften it without completely losing the...”
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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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