Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
Limited Value Drawing 2
A course by Sam Brisley , Portrait Artist
About the video: Limited Value Drawing 2
Overview
“One thing about drawing is that most of the time, you need to learn how to see as well as learn how to draw - a thing that can be tricky at times. Therefore, let me give you some tips that hopefully will make it easier for you to see the shadow shapes.”
In this video lesson Sam Brisley addresses the topic: Limited Value Drawing 2, 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
“So one of the things about getting better at drawing in general. It's as much about learning to see as it is about learning to draw. And one of the things that some people find difficult is sometimes actually seeing shadow shapes. There's a number of things that you can do. help you be able to visualize them and see them a bit better. So one thing you can do is just squint your eyes a bit when you're looking at your reference image. And then what that will do is it cuts out a lot of the detail. And it, helps create a bit of a contrast between the light areas and the dark areas. So if you're...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
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Category
Illustration -
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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