Realistic Portraits with Pen

Overview

“We begin to work our drawing in pen starting with the face area, focusing on the main elements of the expression such as the eyes and the mouth.”

In this video lesson Joaquín Rodríguez addresses the topic: Face drawing 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portraits with Pen. Learn how to draw creative portraits by combining hyperrealistic and abstract elements.

Partial transcription of the video

“Face drawing In this lesson we will finally begin the pen work in the drawing where we have all the contours marked. We will talk a lot about what are the most common techniques and tricks when faced with pen work. For example, you see that I have here prepared a paper that I will have saved in these two fingers, because every two or three passes I will clean the tip of the pen to avoid that, if any ink residue remains, which is very pasty and can quickly accumulate, play tricks on us and give us a blur that we don't want. So, as a habit, every little bit we can have this or whatever you wa...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits with Pen

• Level: Beginner
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• 3264 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (4h 15m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration