Realistic Portraits with Pen
Shading and hair texture 1
A course by Joaquín Rodríguez , Graphic artist
Joined February 2015
About the video: Shading and hair texture 1
Overview
“Next, we will finish the face area by intervening on the hair. I will also tell you about the system I use to give it realism.”
In this video lesson Joaquín Rodríguez addresses the topic: Shading and hair texture 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
“Hair shadows and textures In this lesson we are going to finish shading the areas of the face that remain pending, the cheek and the corner of the mouth. We are going to shade the neck and do all the texture of the hair. I'm going to finish giving the first layer of shading in the neck area, with a very simple two-way weave. I will first outline the profiles that will affect me to the neck shading. As we have done before, it is a stroke that has to be very precise and even if I have several passes, I will try to keep the line clean. For this type of strokes, I like that the pen tends to be ...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits with Pen
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Joaquín Rodríguez
A course by Joaquín Rodríguez
Graphic artist Joaquín Rodríguez has a degree in architecture, but found his true calling in drawing. Using a pen as his main creative tool, his work mostly combines abstract geometric figures with cyberpunk culture.
He has collaborated with the La Fiambrera gallery in Madrid and with Spanish magazines like Jaleo and Yorokobu. He has also participated in solo and group exhibitions in several galleries throughout Europe.
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