Graphite Portraits with Digital Design
Light and Shadow Basics
A course by Patricia Escalante , Visual Artist and Designer
Joined October 2019
Joined October 2019
About the video: Light and Shadow Basics
Overview
“For me, light is everything, whether it is a figurative or abstract portrait. The knowledge of chiaroscuro is important because it builds volumes, defines the features, and also gives it a feeling. In this lesson, I will teach you the basics of gradients, highlights, and shadows. ”
In this video lesson Patricia Escalante addresses the topic: Light and Shadow Basics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphite Portraits with Digital Design. Create a graphite portrait from a photograph and color it with digital mixed media.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light and shadow basics We will see the basics of lights and shadows. For that I am going to do a brief study of the behavior of light on a sphere. For this, I am going to use a 4B graphite pencil, which is perfect for a quick workout because it is neither very light nor very dark, I don't use tonality. As an eraser, I am going to use a type cleaner, which is perfect for making loose strokes. Erases very well, I highly recommend it too. I have brought this eraser, just in case, to erase stronger strokes, what is perfect. So we started. I'm going to make a sphere right now. The interesting t...”
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Course summary for: Graphite Portraits with Digital Design
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Category
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Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Patricia Escalante
A course by Patricia Escalante
Patricia Escalante studied painting at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. However, she spent 12 years of her career pursuing one of her other passions: graphic design. During that time, she worked with companies like Kerzen and Unique/Yanbal.
Now she is fully devoted to art and experiments with graphite drawing and other digital techniques. Much of her work focuses on portraits of artists and people she admires. Inspired by classic magazine graphics and black and white photography, Patricia explores the depth of portraits as an art form and depicts her figures in timeless spaces.
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