Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
Portrait
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Portrait
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to sketch a portrait as I am used to. I am starting with the linework without any previous construction. First come the eyes, and this is the most important part of the portrait, as it contains the emotion of the subject. I will sketch quite slowly to be as accurate as I can. Then I will follow with the nose, the mouth, and the hair and draw the contour of the face. Once the linework is done, it’s time for watercolor, using my 3 primary colors. ”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective. Rediscover your surroundings by creating watercolor sketches of people, places, and fisheye perspectives.
Partial transcription of the video
“Portrait In this lesson we'll see the steps to build a portrait, first with the line and then the color. Let's have a look at it. You'll be my model for this portrait. Look at me, I always start by the eyes, it's the most important part of the portrait, so it's where I'll spend the most time drawing. I'll try to be very accurate. I'm always starting with your left eye. I'm sketching, again, very slow. I need just a few lines to find the right rhythm, the right flow for drawing. Eyes are very complicated because you get many curves everywhere and we all have different eyes. For the model to ...”
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Course summary for: Urban Sketching: Express Your World in a New Perspective
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Category
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Lapin
A course by Lapin
Lapin is an urban sketcher based in Barcelona, Spain. As a young boy, he remembers accompanying his father—an airplane technician—to his workplace to draw planes and imagine their stories. His three passions remain the same to this day: aviation, paleontology, and drawing.
In 18 years, he has filled over 200 sketchbooks, published 30 books, and was named the official air and space painter for the French Army in 2019. He’s a member of the Urban Sketching Community since 2008 and teaches Illustration Masters students at Elisava in Barcelona, as well as his own urban sketching workshops. His clients include the French Army, Air France, the City of Barcelona, Le Parisien Magazine, PlayStation, Heineken, Marks & Spencer, Aigle, Peugeot, Porsche, and Formula One.
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