Introduction to Portrait Drawing
Choosing a Photograph
A course by Alonso Palomino , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Choosing a Photograph
Overview
“I will show you different photographs to better explain and understand what characteristics you should take into account when choosing one to draw. You will see the photo that I chose for my final project. I will explain how to work with the chosen photograph, in addition, I will explain how to identify planes of lights, shadows, volumes and tones, all from observation. ”
In this video lesson Alonso Palomino addresses the topic: Choosing a Photograph, 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
“Choice of photography In this lesson I will show you the characteristics What to keep in mind when choosing a photograph to draw a portrait. What should you take into consideration? First, make it to your liking. This is important because motivation contributes a lot to the final result of a job. On the other hand, as we saw earlier, lighting is essential to achieve the resemblance to the model. Good lighting does not mean that the photographed subject is illuminated by many light sources. In fact, we only need a hard light source coming from the top, either from the right or from the left....”
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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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