Sketching People with Watercolor
Face Exercises
A course by Marcus Penna , Illustrator and Watercolor Artist
About the video: Face Exercises
Overview
“Faces are a slightly more complex issue. In this class, I'm going to do an exercise focusing on the face of the person in my reference photo. Follow up! ”
In this video lesson Marcus Penna addresses the topic: Face Exercises, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketching People with Watercolor. Learn illustration and watercolor techniques to paint quick sketches from start to finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“Face-Drawing Exercises Now I'll show you how to work on the face, which is more complex. Much of what I said earlier applies here. For this part, I enlarged the photo so that only the head is visible. I marked the top of the head and the chin here, and the eyes are positioned exactly along the center line. The distance from the eyes to the mouth equals that from the mouth to the chin. The ear starts here, on the same line as the eyes, the nose is right between the mouth and the eyes, and here we have this last line that indicates the end of the mouth, approximately. The idea is to do the sa...”
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Course summary for: Sketching People with Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Figure Drawing, Sketching, Watercolor Painting
Marcus Penna
A course by Marcus Penna
Marcus Penna is a Brazilian illustrator, watercolor painter, and 3D artist. Since 2003, he's been working as a freelance artist in the publishing and advertising fields. In addition to his art, he collaborates in the creation of video games and VR experiences at ARVORE Immersive Experiences, where he's participated on projects such as A Linha—winner of Best VR Immersive Experience for Interactive Content at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival and a Primetime Emmy in 2020—Pixel Ripped 1995, and YUKI.
He has also worked on magazines like Vida Simples, Superinteressante, and Veja Saúde, on textbooks for publishers such Moderna and FTD, and on the UEFA official guide for the Women's Champions League, through the agency TwelfthMan. Since 2017, he's been creating content alongside illustrator and watercolor artist Daniel Araújo to post on the Instagram account Gente que Existe, devoted to illustrations of the human figure.
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