Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
Gridding Up the Face
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Gridding Up the Face
Overview
“During this lesson, you’ll sketch the face out onto paper using the gridding method learned earlier. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Gridding Up the Face, 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
“Gridding up the face In this lesson you'll get to grid up the photograph onto the paper, using the methods I taught you earlier. Here you'll notice I've already pre-gridded the paper, but just as a reminder, when you come to grid up the paper, make sure that you don't press too hard with your pencil, cause you don't want grooves in the paper and you want to be able to rub out the grid marks once you've finished your portrait. You'll also notice that the sizes of these boxes here in this grid are exactly the same as the ones on the photograph, and they're a centimetre wide. Now I'll start dr...”
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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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