Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality
Anatomy and Proportions 2
A course by Michele Bajona , Contemporary Figurative Artist
About the video: Anatomy and Proportions 2
Overview
“During this second part of the lesson, I will teach you how to continue the skull exercise. This exercise is in monochrome in order to focus on tonal values. After this you will understand better how to make this in your own paintings. ”
In this video lesson Michele Bajona addresses the topic: Anatomy and Proportions 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality. Discover the world of watercolors by learning to paint striking and realistic portraits with a live model.
Partial transcription of the video
“Anatomy and Proportions Here we are again. I ended up rendering the frontal bone. I see two highlights here. That's quite typical, because this part of the forehead is receiving a lot of direct light, so it's normal to have highlights at this height of the frontal bone. Also, it's normal to have highlights right underneath the eye socket on the zygomatic bone. Those are the bones that receive more lights. The rest goes into shadow, especially the mandible. So, let's render those shadow areas using a different tonal value. Just to recap very quickly, we use a very light generic tonal value t...”
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Course summary for: Watercolor Portraits: Capture a Model's Personality
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Watercolor Painting
Michele Bajona
A course by Michele Bajona
Michele Bajona is an architect-turned-painter whose artwork has been exhibited throughout America and Europe. He attended the Art Student League in New York City and is a member of Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona. He currently resides in Mexico City, where he continues to paint and teaches art. He has given masterclasses at Museums and cultural institutions.
In addition to solo and collective exhibitions across the globe, he won the first prize for best video documentary at the 54th Venice Art Biennial, Padiglione Italia.
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