Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
Experimenting within the Head 2
A course by Dan Thompson , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Experimenting within the Head 2
Overview
“Here, I will carry on drawing elements from my observational portrait to inform the schematic sketch, gradually transforming it from a more prescribed depiction to idiosyncratic and personal. I will first focus on the nasal bone structure, progressing to the apex, then the lips. ”
In this video lesson Dan Thompson addresses the topic: Experimenting within the Head 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
“ Experimenting within the Head What I've been doing is investigating this form very carefully, looking at it, really studying it. What I've found is I've had to narrow much of the information that I'm looking at as I experiment with better ways of interpreting what's going on in front of me. I'm looking in particular at this bone structure here, which is of a certain width. Then once I drop down into this zone, it's really foreshortened, so I'm looking at the foreshortening in this area, trying to understand it better through my experimental study here. Then returning to it and further stu...”
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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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