Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
Blending and Reestablishing Lights and Darks 1
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Blending and Reestablishing Lights and Darks 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will continue to push and pull charcoal around the face, reestablishing darks and lights, constantly re-evaluating and adjusting. We will also even out the skin tones with an old brush.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Blending and Reestablishing Lights and Darks 1, 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
“Blending and re establishing lights and darks In this lesson we're going to continue blending, re-establishing our darks and lights, until we get the correct tonal values. Then towards the end, when we're happy with our tonal values, we'll start smoothing the surface of the skin with the brush. What I'm doing now is I'm looking at the photograph and I'm looking at the portrait and just working out the next stages that I'm gonna work with. What I want to do is achieve a little bit of tone everywhere and get rid of some of the grid marks underneath the face that are still showing. I'm gonna u...”
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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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