Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
Five Value Drawing
A course by Sam Brisley , Portrait Artist
About the video: Five Value Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, we will take our two value shadow map and start to introduce more values and shading. We will start to see individual features taking form. But we must be careful to retain the overall shadow pattern created by the facial structure.”
In this video lesson Sam Brisley addresses the topic: Five Value Drawing, 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 in this lesson, we're going to develop our shadow map drawing by introducing a few more values to it. we're going to stick with a limited five value drawing. and we'll start to see some of the features developing the drawing now. So. I took another look at the shadow map with fresh eyes and I felt there's a few things I just needed to tweak about it. change the hairline ever so slightly but All in all, I'm pretty happy with it. So I feel quite comfortable moving on to the five value stage now. So what I'm going to do just In the top corner here, I'm just going to define my value scale. Y...”
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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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