Realistic Chalk Pastel Portraits
Create Volume from Highlights and Shadows
A course by Maximiliano Bagnasco , Artist and Face Expert
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Create Volume from Highlights and Shadows
Overview
“Here I will show you how to generate volume in an image to make it look tangible, an essential effect to achieve a realistic work. We go from the work of lights and shadows, to achieve the finish we are looking for.”
In this video lesson Maximiliano Bagnasco addresses the topic: Create Volume from Highlights and Shadows, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Chalk Pastel Portraits. Learn to create stunning portraits by recreating every detail from a photograph.
Partial transcription of the video
“Create volume through highlights and shadows In this part we'll see how to generate volume and how to start using the pastel chalks. We'll draw a sphere. We'll add volume and do so in a way that is tangible. In general, we draw geometric shapes and lines. But I say that for realism, the line has to disappear. I want you to see the difference between something linear, something done with lines... We'll start by drawing a line, but then, to achieve realism, we have to move onto values. So, that line doesn't work, we have to transform it into values. The difference between something linear and...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Chalk Pastel Portraits
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Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration
Maximiliano Bagnasco
A course by Maximiliano Bagnasco
Maximiliano Bagnasco is an artist and self-proclaimed face expert, yet his specialty has never limited the breadth of his work, which includes drawing, painting, caricatures, portraits, illustrations, graphic humor, cartoons, and murals. He has created a host of illustrations for both national and international magazines, collaborated with brands like Amazon, Universal, Disney, and Warner, and drawn caricatures of celebrities like Steven Tyler, Ozzy Osbourne, Jorge Luis Borges, Mercedes Sosa, and Diego Armando Maradona.
He is also the creator of Espacio de Artes Maxi Bagnasco where he teaches workshops and organizes artistic events. Similarly, he actively participates in the creative community giving talks, teaching seminars, and collaborating in programs and festivals where he does live drawings and paintings.
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