Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
The Schematic Drawing 3
A course by Dan Thompson , Artist and Teacher
About the video: The Schematic Drawing 3
Overview
“Now, I will carry on refining the portrait according to the schematic drawing, honing in on the details that will give it a sense of projection.”
In this video lesson Dan Thompson addresses the topic: The Schematic Drawing 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture. Learn how to use structural forms with multiple planes to create experimental pencil portraits from observation of the human figure.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Schematic Drawing I'll move some tones around in here. Looking back to the schematic, we adjusted the midline over to the right side. In other words, we went down the forehead and made a shift to the right side. Try to get a better sense of projection coming out from her nose. That means I'm going to clear out some of this. Looking a little bit into the form and searching for the end of the nasal bone, which I believe is about right there. I'll go into this side of the nasal bone and try to find a place to stick the value more successfully. I want to be careful not to move the nasal b...”
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Course summary for: Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching
Dan Thompson
A course by Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson is an artist and educator from Virginia, U.S. with over 20 years of experience in his field. He first discovered a love of art through making band posters and later studied for an MFA at the Graduate School of Figurative Art. Passionate about human anatomy and perspective, as well as educating others, he went on to found two art schools of his own in New York.
Dan currently serves as dean of fine arts at Studio Incamminati, as well as the faculty chair of the one-year certificate of fine arts program at the New York Academy of Art. He has been awarded two grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and received the Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting on multiple occasions. In 2001, he also won Best of Show in the American Society of Portrait Artist’s International Portrait Competition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His work can be found in both public and private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
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