Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
Behaviour of Light
A course by Sam Brisley , Portrait Artist
About the video: Behaviour of Light
Overview
“I believe that understanding the behaviour of light is the most important thing any artist must learn. Light allows us to see the world around us, and as artists, we need to understand it properly. In this lesson, I will explain how light interacts with objects, and how we can use light and shading to really bring out facial structures.”
In this video lesson Sam Brisley addresses the topic: Behaviour of Light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions. Draw striking pencil portraits by learning how to apply shadow mapping techniques to capture realistic facial structures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Behaviour of Light I believe that it's quite important to understand the behaviour of light for us as artists, as that's how we see the world around us. Light interacts with everything and that's how we see it. In this lesson, I'll explain the behaviour of light and how to apply it to draw portraits. I'll start by drawing a sphere here. We'll shade it in realistically and use that to show how light behaves. First of all, let's draw a ball in here. It doesn't have to be too perfect. We'll put a light source, somewhere up here. I'll draw a light bulb to replicate that. Light will travel and e...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Sam Brisley
A course by Sam Brisley
Sam Brisley relates his passion for portraiture and history to his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Incorporating historical elements into his portraits such as costumes and hair styles is his way of bringing his two passions together to create unique works of art. As a structural engineer from nine to five, and a portrait artist in his free time, Sam has been learning about portraiture, figure drawing, anatomy, and gesture drawing from a young age, always finding time to keep developing his abilities.
Sam has taught a number of drawing workshops, ranging from portraiture, figure drawing, and more. He also shares his work in progress drawings with his followers on Instagram to help others improve.
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