Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
Drawing: Portrait and Figure
A course by Armando Mesías , Artist
About the video: Drawing: Portrait and Figure
Overview
“In this lesson we will incorporate the human element into our compositions, and we will review the drawing of people and faces in a very automatic way. This will be one more tool in your kit to generate compositions.”
In this video lesson Armando Mesías addresses the topic: Drawing: Portrait and Figure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language. Awaken your creativity by experimenting with materials and new ideas through drawing, collage, and watercolor.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing - Portraits and Bodies Now we're exploring how to draw bodies and portraits using a quick-drawing perspective. A portrait's more than the work it takes. It's how we reconcile reality with what we see on paper. But just as we've learned before, the point here is working our mastery, not the details. I'm going to work with this magazine I found at home, I encourage you to work with a live model. The experience of drawing with someone in front of you might seem scary, but it'll be more fun, richer than working with a magazine or another 2D reference. Try to approach this like our previ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Artist's Diary: Define Your Visual Language
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Armando Mesías
A course by Armando Mesías
Armando Mesías is an artist whose work focuses on large-scale drawing and painting in different formats. You can find his art in his studio or in art collections, private institutions, and galleries.
The aim of his work is to start conversations that can only be approached from subjective experience. He thrives off experimenting with different visual languages like oil painting, drawing, or collages, as well as different materials ranging from traditional staples to mediums you’d never expect.
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