Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor

From light to darkness: shading with graphite 2

A course by César Caycho , Plastic Artist

Plastic Artist. Lima, Peru.
Joined November 2020
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About the video: From light to darkness: shading with graphite 2

Overview

“Just like the traditional shading with graphite, I will show you how to go from the lightest to the darkest, applying the layering technique. I will work with the different pencil gradations and you will learn to recognize the tonal keys. ”

In this video lesson César Caycho addresses the topic: From light to darkness: shading with graphite 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor. Learn to tell a fable with a single image combining monochrome and color.

Partial transcription of the video

“From light to dark shading with graphite Now I will give it the true value or intensity of darkness, for example, to my hat. For this I am already using a 4B pencil. Since the hat is shiny and has a fairly smooth surface, It helps me a lot to blur it at all times until I hit the dark values and only have to use raster. Now I do go to the darkest part of my hat. For this, I am already starting to press my pencil more. But always having base layers underneath. Because if not, the pore will be seen. And that we do not want. You have to see that I did not get to the darkest from the beginning, ...”

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Course summary for: Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor

  • Level: Beginner
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    Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Watercolor Painting

César Caycho

César Caycho
A course by César Caycho

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César Caycho is a plastic artist born in Lima, Peru. Graduated from the Faculty of Art of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, he has participated in various competitions and group exhibitions showing his art in various countries around the world.

His work emerges from the impulse to transmit, through drawing and painting, fantastic worlds that show human stories and everyday experiences. Through the fable and surrealism it tells of the ideological confrontations of man and society, such as the duality of science - religion or technology - nature. He has collaborated for major brands such as Disney, Claro, Eatmezcla and BBVA, among others.


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Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor. Illustration course by César Caycho

Drawing of Fantastic Animals in Graphite and Watercolor

A course by César Caycho
Plastic Artist. Lima, Peru.
Joined November 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (82)
  • 1,692 students