Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
What We Will Do in This Course
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: What We Will Do in This Course
Overview
“In this lesson, I’m going to summarise the aims of this course and explain the things that you will get to learn.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: What We Will Do in This Course, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere. Learn how to create powerful and dramatic portraits with charcoal.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to run through with you what you're going to learn on this course. During this course, I'll give you the skills and the techniques to draw a beautiful atmospheric portrait. I'll show you how to draw a face onto paper and how to shade it and abstract it to get maximum effect. during this course, I'm going to help you create your own style. I'm going to explain to you the tools that you're going to need and give you some compositional ideas so that you can create some great artwork. I'll show you how to obtain some great photo references And finally, how to take it t...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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