Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
First Layers and Golden Rules for Applying Charcoal 2
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: First Layers and Golden Rules for Applying Charcoal 2
Overview
“Let's wrap things up with the second part of the lesson.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: First Layers and Golden Rules for Applying Charcoal 2, 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
“First layers and golden rules for applying charcoal I'm tending to go out in the direction of the lips so I don't have to fix it later. And then I'll do the same for the bottom lip. I'm pressing harder when I want to go darker. You see how the lips are beginning to take shape. Now we've got at least two, actually three, tonal values in there, dark, mid and light. I'm trying to gauge this shape here. And again, it looks like a triangle that's pointing downwards. I can see this midtone shaped like a triangle here. It's a bit lighter than the lips. So I'm going to flip over to the cleaner side...”
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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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