Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
Experimenting within the Head 6
A course by Dan Thompson , Artist and Teacher
About the video: Experimenting within the Head 6
Overview
“To conclude, I will now develop the final element of my portrait: the hair. ”
In this video lesson Dan Thompson addresses the topic: Experimenting within the Head 6, 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 Getting back to the hair then, I did build up these blocks to represent the hair form, and that's the key word, the form of the hair, in ways that I think give me a better sense of the overlapping cluster of these structures. I want to point out something really important, and that is whatever you decide to do in this region on your subject or on a future portrait, remember that this surface is going to govern what happens. I don't have very much going on in here, obviously, but what I do have is a dedication to that, let's say the fidelity of the cranium, th...”
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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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