Realistic Portrait with Coloured Pencils

Overview

“I will tell you about different varieties of papers knowing their properties, virtues and limitations of use.”

In this video lesson Néstor Canavarro addresses the topic: Papers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portrait with Coloured Pencils. Learn to illustrate by mastering volume, light, and shadows using a photograph.

Partial transcription of the video

“Paper All right, let's talk a bit about the types of paper we can use with colored pencils. You'll see that we can choose from several types of paper to draw on, and others that we can immediately dismiss for colored pencils because they're not appropriate for that technique. Here we have some very shiny and glossy paper, so the pencil slips and, as you can see, the pigment won't stick to the surface. It starts to blur, you get lines you don't want. This type of paper is better for working with inks or other techniques. We can't use this type of paper for colored pencils. Then, we have wate...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait with Coloured Pencils

• Level: Intermediate
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• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 58m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration