Realistic Chalk Pastel Portraits
Layout of the Drawing
A course by Maximiliano Bagnasco , Artist and Face Expert
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Layout of the Drawing
Overview
“We will start with the essentials: propose the initial features of the face that we will portray, we will start with geometric shapes that will serve as a guide to capture the initial drawing, taking care that it has the ideal structure. ”
In this video lesson Maximiliano Bagnasco addresses the topic: Layout of the Drawing, 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
“Layout of the drawing Let's start with the project. I've put the easel here because I work on the image as straight as possible. I put the image beside the sheet. So there's not much distance. My visual memory will remember every detail. I'll be looking at the detail and copying it on the sheet. Let's start by drawing a line for the middle of his face. A line for the eyes, the axes. Between the eyes there is the distance of an eye. With the face or portrait I'm doing, I have to check this information. It is a reference. Sometimes it's relevant, sometimes not. In this case it is. So, first w...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Chalk Pastel Portraits
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
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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