Artistic Drawing for Beginners
Volume 1
A course by Ester N. Lloveres , Painter, Illustrator, Photographer, and Writer
About the video: Volume 1
Overview
“Now I am going to explain to you how to shade a drawing, that is, how to give it a sensation of three-dimensionality through a correct distribution of light tones.”
In this video lesson Ester N. Lloveres addresses the topic: Volume 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing for Beginners. Learn academic observation techniques for drawing what you see.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i will explain how light affects objects. To start. we must consider that light is responsible for explaining the volume of objects. the distance between them. the depth of spaces. etc. In reality. the line does not exist as such; it is the illusion created by the contrast between one tone over another. To begin. let's distinguish between two main groups: the light area and the shadow area. If we look around. we'll see that all objects have a wide range of light tones. But if we squint. we'll notice we've compressed the tones. and then observe how this simplification highlig...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing for Beginners
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing

Ester N. Lloveres
A course by Ester N. Lloveres
Ester N. Lloveres is a painter and drafter, with a bachelor’s degree in the Arts and Illustration from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain and the Escola de Arte e Superior de Deseño Pablo Picasso, in Galicia, Spain.
Her work focuses on human figure drawing and portraiture, where she communicates emotions through facial expressions and gestures. Currently, Ester lives in Madrid, where she gives painting and drawing classes.
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