Introduction to Portrait Drawing
Light and Shadow
A course by Alonso Palomino , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Light and Shadow
Overview
“This lesson is extremely important because it is the base for representing everything. The observation of reality is the surest way to learn the art of drawing.”
In this video lesson Alonso Palomino addresses the topic: Light and Shadow, 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
“Light and shadow In this lesson I will show you how light behaves and the shadows that it generates when impacting on objects. Here we have a sphere. In this case, the point of light is born from here, collides with the surface of the sphere and this area that is called light generates for me, this middle zone that is called halftone, a darker area, which is called the shadow. Here is an area that is between the midtone and the shadow, but it does not become as dark as the shadow. It is known as a reflex because it is the reflection of light on the surface that bounces off the object. And t...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Portrait Drawing
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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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