Figure Drawing: The Human Head
Textures and surfaces
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Textures and surfaces
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to use the shapes we used earlier to show you how to apply textures that will be useful later when drawing bones, hair, muscles, etc.”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Textures and surfaces, which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure Drawing: The Human Head. Learn how to draw the skull, muscles, facial elements, and expressions without using a model.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing techniques We're going to add textures and surfaces to the objects we drew last lesson. One of the first textures that we can create... and we'll divide this sphere in two... is to make an object completely shiny. We achieve this by creating lots of contrast on the surface... or parts that reflect objects that are darker, and areas with sections that are completely illuminated. All of the figures that we draw here must follow the same direction as the surface. These strong contrasts can help us to show reflections in shiny objects, like the eyeball or even a shiny head. Here, we can...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing: The Human Head
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing

ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
Miguel Bustos Gómez, better known as Zursoif, is a Colombian artist, illustrator, and teacher with 15 years' professional experience. He has been teaching at Casatinta since 2012, leading drawing, anatomy, and illustration workshops. He has also worked as an illustrator for different publishers including Rey Naranjo on Gabo: memorias de una vida mágica, 2012; Ediciones Vestigio on El Pornógrafo, 2019; and Editorial Planeta on El difícil oficio de perdonar, 2019.
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