Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

Overview

“The right materials will produce the desired effects, although the opposite will also be true, so it is vital to have everything you need before you start. There are times when you can get great effects using improvised tools, but this is usually the exception to the norm and when you are learning you must learn to master the technical language starting with the simplest. Get your materials, know them, and learn to master them! ”

In this video lesson Diego Catalan Amilivia addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil. Learn the basics and technique to create realistic anatomical drawings.

Partial transcription of the video

“Let's discuss materials briefly. Each chapter will detail their use more precisely. Briefly and broadly. because in each relevant chapter. we will explain their use with greater precision. To start. we are interested in having a range of pencils from a hard type. like a 3 or 4H pencil. even a very soft pencil like a 9B. as we have here. for example. These pencils will help us create very dark shadows. There will be times when. because the surface to color is much darker. we need to use a graphite stick like this. which is also very soft. We will see this as we go along. In any case. we also...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Portrait with Graphite Pencil

• Level: Beginner
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• 151681 students
• 4 units
• 35 lessons (9h 30m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration