Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
Edges
A course by Sam Brisley , Portrait Artist
About the video: Edges
Overview
“We will now look at establishing different types of edges in our drawings. Edges can be hard, soft, or completely lost. They can be used to help us to define bone and muscle, to create convincing shadows, and to create a focal point in our portrait.”
In this video lesson Sam Brisley addresses the topic: Edges, 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
“Edges In this lesson, we'll focus on edges. Edges are an important part of any painting, drawing, or portrait. They can help us identify bone, muscle. They can help establish shadows and they polish the drawing. We'll start to look at different edges in the drawing. There are different types of edges that we can have. We can have soft edges, where two forms tend to almost blend into each other and blur into each other. We can have hard edges, where there's an abrupt line between two values. We can completely lose edges. You can't tell where one form starts and the other one stops. We talked...”
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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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