Artistic Charcoal Portraiture: Creating Atmosphere
Let's Experiment
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Let's Experiment
Overview
“During this lesson, I’ll be giving you some ideas on further projects that you could undertake with the knowledge and skills you’ve learned in charcoal. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Let's Experiment, 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
“Experiment In this lesson we'll explore different materials and different techniques to take your artwork to the next level. Charcoal is really versatile and what I love doing is mixing up a little by using watercolour charcoal and oil all on the same page but something key to remember is to use the right type of paper or board to do so. This is an example of the type of paper that I've used to create this piece. It's about the smoothest type of oil paper that I can find, so it's great for oil. It is smooth enough for charcoal and it's got the right surface as well for watercolour. I'll tal...”
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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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