Contemporary Portraits with Graphite
Hair 1
A course by lantomo , Artist and Portrait Specialist
About the video: Hair 1
Overview
“Here I will pay particular attention to the realization of the hair, both as a general mass and in detail. I will teach you a trick to provide details and realism, so that the whole of the drawing is more impressive.”
In this video lesson lantomo addresses the topic: Hair 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Portraits with Graphite. Combine analog and digital techniques to create realistic pencil portraits filled with emotion.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hair I will teach you how to make the hair in your portrait, both as a general mass and with details of volumes. Also, I will teach you a trick to get some details make it more shocking. I'm going to start working through the hair because my advice is that you work from left to right to avoid dirtying the drawing. If you are left-handed, it will be the same but in reverse. In this case, for the hair we will use many types of materials. We will need a lot of pencil hardnesses. I will use from the softest, like 8B, to the hardest. Maybe I won't get to 6H but I will get to 2H or 3H. We will al...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Portraits with Graphite
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration

lantomo
A course by lantomo
Antonella Montes, who goes by the artistic name Lantomo, is an Italian artist living in Barcelona. She studied architecture in Italy with a specialization in stage and exhibit design, but since 2010, has worked exclusively as a professional portrait artist. She spent three years living in Beijing, China where she perfected her portraits, creating increasingly detailed and precise works with her signature mark.
She is currently represented by galleries such as Galería Bat Alberto Cornejo in Madrid, Galería 3 Punts in Barcelona, and Retrospect Galleries in Byron Bay, Australia. She is also active at international fairs and expos.
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