Contemporary Portraits with Graphite
Mouth and Chin 1
A course by lantomo , Artist and Portrait Specialist
About the video: Mouth and Chin 1
Overview
“I will show you how to focus attention on the details of the lips, perhaps one of the most difficult parts to draw but also one of the most important along with the eyes.”
In this video lesson lantomo addresses the topic: Mouth and Chin 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
“Mouth and chin In that lesson I will teach you how to make the lips and chin. The mouth, being one of the most important parts of a portrait, It is for me a bit of an Achilles heel. It is a complicated part of drawing, probably because of the large amount of detail it has. First we will try to find the most general areas of light and shadow. We will work as if it were a mass, a single volume, and only then will we bring out the smallest details. Small volumes, small shadows and we will bring out some highlights. For this lesson, I will still use some very hard pencils so as not to go up in ...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Portraits with Graphite
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Category
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Areas
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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