Contemporary Portraits with Graphite
The Background
A course by lantomo , Artist and Portrait Specialist
About the video: The Background
Overview
“In this lesson, I am going to teach you how to make a very characteristic element of my portrait: the background.”
In this video lesson lantomo addresses the topic: The Background, 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
“The bottom In this lesson I will show you how I perform one of the most characteristic parts of my portrait: the background. The most important thing is to decide what type of fund you want to use. From the digital sketch, I have decided to use a black background and for this reason I have not detailed the contour of my hair and chin too much. If in your case you have decided to leave the white background of the paper, you will have to detail much more all the outline of the drawing and take out some hairs to add a little detail to your portrait. I am interested in the black background beca...”
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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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