Introduction to Portrait Drawing
Drawing as an Essential Art
A course by Alonso Palomino , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Drawing as an Essential Art
Overview
“I will teach you a logical and elementary principle, drawing as a starting point for the plastic arts.”
In this video lesson Alonso Palomino addresses the topic: Drawing as an Essential Art, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Portrait Drawing. Learn the basic principles of portraiture and draw every detail of a face from a photograph.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing as an essential art In this lesson I will tell you about a logical and elementary principle: drawing as a starting point for the plastic arts. The French painter Ingres used to say: "You paint as you draw." This means that if you are good at drawing, you will be good at painting. I personally agree with this principle because it has served me for my artistic development. The goal of the drawing is the representation of reality. This representation may be based on things you have seen or lived experiences. We call this figurative art, which is when I draw something and other people c...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Portrait Drawing
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Alonso Palomino
A course by Alonso Palomino
Alonso Palomino is a graphic designer by trade, but an artist at heart. His first contact with art was the small woman who watched him from the frame on his great grandfather's bedside table; he felt so entranced by her gaze that the image stuck with him. Years later, he found out that it had been Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa who had been watching him.
Alonso's passion for portraying life through faces is reflected in his art, which focuses on portraits and the human figure. He currently works as an illustrator, designer, and independent artist.
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