Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
How to Train Your Eyes to See Tonal Values
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: How to Train Your Eyes to See Tonal Values
Overview
“During this lesson, I will explain what is meant by tonal value and why it is so important to the success of a piece. I will help you see and understand tonal values in monochrome.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: How to Train Your Eyes to See Tonal Values, 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
“How to train your eyes to see tonal values In this lesson we'll be looking at what tonal values are, why they're so important, and I'll be showing you ways of learning how to see tonal values. The first thing to talk about is, what is a tonal value? Tone is how dark or how light something is, and it's as important to get that right as it is to get a good underdrawing. An artist once told me that "a piece of artwork will either stand or fall by virtue of its tonal values." And I think they're right. The eye, generally speaking, will be drawn to sharp definitions between light and dark, and i...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
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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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