Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
Interpretive Values 2
A course by Dan Thompson , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Interpretive Values 2
Overview
“To conclude this unit, I will model how to pinpoint the important landmarks within the tonal distribution by continuing to draw comparisons between the observational and the schematic drawing.”
In this video lesson Dan Thompson addresses the topic: Interpretive Values 2, 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
“ Interpretive Values I've indicated a bit more information in this area, which is so subtle, that we call the zygomatic, and it's important to note that the landmarks are where the form changes. As you go back and reference this kind of a drawing, you really want to try to pinpoint where these moments happen. I'm talking about the landmarks for zygomatic, the landmarks for the frontal eminence, the landmarks for the glabella, the sinus, the brow. Those are all things that you really want to find literally in the tonal distribution. As I look for those and draw with you for a few more minut...”
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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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