Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
Chose a Photograph and Make It Charcoal Friendly
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Chose a Photograph and Make It Charcoal Friendly
Overview
“During this lesson, you will get to learn how to make a photograph user friendly for your charcoal portrait using Procreate.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Chose a Photograph and Make It Charcoal Friendly, 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
“Choose a photograph and make it charcoal friendly In this lesson we're going to discuss ways to make a photograph charcoal friendly, and we're gonna be using Procreate, but you can also use Photoshop or even your phone, so you don't have to use expensive software. I've already imported this photograph into Procreate, and this is the one we'll be using for our final project. I love this photograph because of the strong tonal values and the sense of power that this woman is conveying. in all honesty, I don't need to do an awful lot to this photograph to make it charcoal friendly because it's ...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
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Category
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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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